EGYPTIAN FAIENCE FIGURE OF NUDE FEMALE FIGURE HOLDING A VASE…

Lot no. 507

Estimate: £2,000 - £4,000

Sale date : 11/30/2025 at 2:00 PM

Description

EGYPTIAN FAIENCE FIGURE OF NUDE FEMALE FIGURE HOLDING A VASE ON HER HEAD. Third Intermediate Period, 22nd-23rd Dynasties, Ca. 945 - 715 BC. A faience figure depicting a nude female standing upright, with both hands supporting a two-handled amphora balanced on her head. Her features are rendered in a stylised manner, with elongated limbs and a flat-backed form. The surface is glazed in a cream tone with black accents emphasising the eyes, pubic triangle, decorative markings on the limbs and torso, and the vessel she carries. A rectangular block beneath the feet represents a casket of Bastet. Mounted. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 86.1.55; J. Bulté, Talismans égyptiens d'heureuse maternité, Paris, 1991, p. 43, doc. 101, pl. 19. Size: 145mm x 40mm; Weight: 130g Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Jacques Billen. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

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