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 Anon asks.

11th March '10

What is this faience object?

36mm x 30mm x 16mm.

 

 






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From the fabric itself one would think Ptolemaic or even Roman.

The underside is  unglazed.

In fact here are two parallels of similar size from the Petrie Museum.

 

 

  • The first is said to be: (listed in the category "figurines")

Faience figure of a cat. Langton Collection number 107. From the Kalebjian collection 

Roman Period ? (395CE-30BCE)

  • The second said to be: (Listed in the category "reliefs")

Faience relief fragment. Blue glaze with yellow/green. Seated animal (dog or cat?) on base, (Rim of bowl?).

Roman Period (395CE-30BCE)




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Well that takes us a little further and explains why the underside is unglazed.

 

But a relief from what? What sort of bowl is it?

And is it a dog or a cat?

They look rather leonine to me. Especially the mystery object submitted.

 

From David L

11th March '10

It is Roman Egyptian.

For an example of the type of bowl it would have come from see E. Riefstahl Ancient Egyptian Glass and Glazes in the Brooklyn Museum #87 .

The bowl in Brooklyn has similar lions but a bit more realistic.  This piece is  almost certainly a somewhat stylized Lion of the period. Such stylization is seen in other examples I have seen.  I don't like to judge from pictures but it looks OK.

 

 

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 From Didier.

11th March '10

 

In fact, here is the bowl!

From :  'Five years of collecting Egyptian art' 1951-1956. Catalogue of an exhibition held at The Brooklyn Museum of Art 11 December, 1956 to 17 March, 1957. New York.

 




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