Bidspirit Auktion | EGYPTIAN FAIENCE ROSETTE INLAY

EGYPTIAN FAIENCE ROSETTE INLAY - New Kingdom, 20th Dynasty, Ca. 1184 - 1153 BC.A circular glazed faience rosette set with incised sections that attach to petal inlays. Thousands of similar rosettes were found at the Delta site of Tell el-Yahudiya, where a small palace of Ramesses III was discovered. For additional information, see F. Dunn Friedman (ed.), Gifts of the Nile. Ancient Egyptian Faience, (Providence 1998), pp.87 & 197, nos. 55-56. Size: 22mm x 20mm; Weight: 4.3g Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014, acquired from Kyros Melas, London, Dec 2007.