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THBEgyptian Faience Offering Cup w/ Cartouche of Ramses II
Lot 2a
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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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Ancient Egypt, New Kingdom Period, 19th Dynasty, reign of Ramses II, ca. 1279 to 1213 BCE. A petite blue-glazed faience offering cup, cylindrical and tapering in form, with a slightly-flared foot and rim, with a single column illustrating the cartouche of Ramses II (also Rameses and Ramesses) delineated in black paint. The function of this vessel was funerary. Similar examples are inscribed with dedications to Sokar, the Egyptian god of the underworld, and give the king's name while saying that he was beloved by the underworld god Sokar. Faience cups were placed in tombs holding different kinds of food or drink as an offering. Blue faience symbolized the color of the Nile river, both on earth and in the afterlife. An extremely rare example. Size: 1.5" W x 2.25" H (3.8 cm x 5.7 cm).
Faience was known as "tjehnet" to the ancient Egyptians, meaning brilliant or dazzling. It was made by grinding quartz or sand crystals together with various elements, including copper oxide, which gave it its distinctive blue-green tint. The Egyptians believed that blue faience reflected the color of the river Nile both on earth and in the afterlife, and funerary objects are often made from this material.
A similar example with a second column of hieroglyphic text hammered for $3,760 at Christie's, New York Antiquities Auction (sale 9796, December 5 - 6, 2001, lot 322 [second from left]): https://www.christies.com/lotfinder/lot/an-egyptian-faience-cup-of-ramesses-ii-3831597-details.aspx?from=searchresults&intObjectID=3831597&sid=a8f0a946-f5d4-4b2d-bce0-26b21279e428
Provenance: private East Coast, USA collection
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#135588Surface wear and abrasions commensurate with age as expected, fading to inscribed cartouche and blue glaze coloration, and some light roughness across most surfaces, otherwise intact and excellent. Nice earthen deposits throughout. Two old inventory stickers on base.Condition
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