Bidspirit auction | COLLECTION OF SEVEN FAIENCE ROSETTE

COLLECTION OF SEVEN FAIENCE ROSETTE INLAYS - New Kingdom, 20th Dynasty, Ca. 1184 - 1153 BC. A collection of seven faience rosette inlays. Decorations range from a rosette, set with eight petals around the yellow pistil, to other rosette having creamy petals on a brown X design background with a yellow central boss. Such items were found in great numbers at the Delta site of Tell el-Yahudiya where a small palace of Ramesses III was discovered. For similar see, Florence Dunn Friedman, ed. ”Gifts of The Nile: Ancient Egyptian Faience.” The Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, 1998, p. 87, figs. 55, 56. Size: 50-90mm x 50-90mm; Weight: 318g Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Private collection 1970s-1990s.