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Egyptian Coptic painted pottery horse
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Pre AD 1000 item# 1122187 (stock# M29)
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Helios Gallery
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UK Pounds - £300.00
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A hollow moulded pottery figure of a horse, pierced on the side of the mouth to hold a lead-rein. The surface is painted white and additionally painted with a green and red harness details around the neck and head.
Egypt, Coptic Period, 5th to 8th Century AD
Intact as shown, areas of light surface wear.
Size: 9.4 x 10.2 cms
Ex. collection: PHDS Wikramaratna, Essex, UK; acquired c. 1950-1990.
A comparable figure with similar painting may be found in the Brooklyn Museum, New York:
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Egyptian spherical painted pottery flask
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Pre AD 1000 item# 1059145 (stock# E98)
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Helios Gallery
+44 (0)1225 744751
UK Pounds - £350.00
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A fine quality spherical pottery flask with two handles and decorated with dark grey painted bands and concentric circles in imitation of Cypriot black-on-red ware pottery.
Egypt, late 2nd or early 1st Millennium BC
Residue of staining and accretion on one side (seen as a white-ish patch), otherwise intact with light surface wear and a tactile old collection patina.
Size: 8.2 x 6.7 cms
Ex. private collection, USA; acquired between 1976 - 1993.
There are several comparable examples in the Pe ...click for details
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