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THBEgyptian Alabaster Offering Dish & Firestarter
Lot 8
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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By Artemis Gallery
Jul 30, 2020
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2020-07-30 10:00:00
2020-07-30 10:00:00
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Ancient art from Egypt, Greece, Italy and the Near East, as well as Asian, Pre-Columbian, Native American, African / Tribal / Oceanic, Spanish Colonial, Russian Icons, Fine art, much more! All categories, all price ranges... all legally acquired and guaranteed to be as described or your money back. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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Ancient Egypt, Old Kingdom Period, 3rd to 6th Dynasty, ca. 2686 to 2181 BCE. A beautiful offering plate and cylindrical firestarter that are hand-carved from honey-yellow alabaster and were meant to be placed inside a tomb as funerary offerings. The circular plate features an asymmetrical profile, a very slight concave surface that boasts incredibly smooth surfaces, and a gentle convex base. Offering plates like this were important components of Egyptian funerary customs as it presented the offerings to the deceased in a respectful manner. Also included is a firestarter with a corseted profile and a drilled-out cavity on top. Firestarters were symbolically significant as it provided the deceased with a means of creating light in the darkness of the Egyptian Underworld. Size of largest (offering dish): 13" L x 12.8" W x 0.8" H (33 cm x 32.5 cm x 2 cm)
Provenance: private J.H. collection, Beaverton, Oregon, USA, acquired in 2016; ex-Relics of the Nile, Lexington, Kentucky, USA; ex-private Simonian collection, Switzerland
All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.
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#150647Restoration to one area of dish periphery with infill material in some areas and light adhesive residue along new material and break lines. Both items have nicks and abrasions, with chips to several areas of firestarter, and light encrustations. Nice earthen deposits and smooth surface textures throughout.Condition
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