Lot 61
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AN EGYPTIAN PALE GREEN FAIENCE FIGURAL VASE
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AN EGYPTIAN PALE GREEN FAIENCE FIGURAL VASE

LATE PERIOD TO SECOND PERSIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 525-332 B.C.

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AN EGYPTIAN PALE GREEN FAIENCE FIGURAL VASE
LATE PERIOD TO SECOND PERSIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 525-332 B.C.
Depicting a squatting female dwarf wearing a short curled wig, holding a rampant ibex in her hands, details of the face, curls and ibex's horns and fleece incised, with a small strap handle at the back of the flaring rim, on integral base
2¼ in. (5.5 cm.) high
Provenance
B. M. collection, Paris, 1970s.
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Lot Essay

For a similar shaped vesel, cf. F. D. Friedman, ed., Gifts of the Nile, Ancient Egyptian Faience, New York, 1998, pp. 117 and 214, no. 88.

The ibex was thought to bring good luck and was a symbol of renewal (perhaps for its ability to survive in the desert). The horns also resemble the hieroglyph for 'year', a curved, leafless palm branch. For this reason images of the ibex were used for New Year's gifts.

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