Egyptian Turquoise Faience Offering Cup with Royal Cartouche of Ramesses II, 19th Dynasty, c. 1237 -1226 B.C.

(Faience Offering Cup)

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Item No.

32.36955

Culture

Egypt, c. 1237 -1226 B.C. 

Item Details.

Turquoise-glazed composition offering cup with everted rim and discoid foot, bearing painted black hieroglyphs including cartouche for Ramesses II.

Provenance: Acquired 1970-1999. Property of a late London Mayfair gentleman, by descent. Literature: Cf. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number 19.2.7, for an offering cup in cream faience; see Taylor, J.H., Death and the Afterlife in Ancient Egypt, London, 2001, for discussion.

Size

5 cm L - 2 inches

Material

Faience 

Condition

Intact 

Categories

Egypt , • Egyptian Faience

Price.

US$ 3000

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