Egyptian pottery basket with slightly flattened base. The outside with impressed decoration to look like a stylized flower.
The piece may have been used as a loom weight.
For an undecorated example in the Petrie Museum cf. museum no. UC19322
Ceramic
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Decorated with an erotic scene next to the small loop handle. The belly with a frieze of Bes figures framed by rosettes.
The dwarf god Bes was the protector of women in childbirth, neonates and the human body in general.
For a related pottery alabastron in Cairo cf. lot no. 50b, p. 102 in: Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae ...click for details
Three Egyptian ceramic stands that may have been used as supports for vessels in the kiln during firing. Two of them with pierced vent holes.
For the shape cf. UC66583 in the Petrie Museum database. For small cones used as firing supports cf. UC47322.
Ceramic
Egypt, Late period, 712-30 BC
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Naqada vase of ovoid shape decorated with an early representation of a boat showing a ‘feathered’ stern. The ‘rubbing-sketch’ gives a size of 9.3 cm (3.6 in) for the boat.
Black-topped vessels with incisions are rather rare and usually show animals or plants. The depicted boat reminds of the Eastern Desert rock art, where quite a few (but more elaborate) ships are portrayed.
Boat depictions became widespread with the so-called D-ware (decorated ware) of the Naqada II period.
Ceramic.
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Thick-walled beaker with flared top. The outside enhanced with two registers of incised waves and dots. Interior wall blackened.
For a slightly smaller piece found at Amarna cf. item UC8986 in the Petrie Museum.
Ceramic.
Egyptian, 18th Dynasty, 1570-1290 BC.
H. 6.5 cm (2.5 in),D. 9.1 cm (3.6 in).
Intact. Minor chips out of the flat rim. Fine condition. Soil deposits.
Swiss private collection (data will be disclosed to the buyer)
