Bidspirit auction | EGYPTIAN FAIENCE ROSETTE INLAY

EGYPTIAN FAIENCE ROSETTE INLAY - New Kingdom, 20th Dynasty, Ca. 1184 - 1153 BC. A glazed faience rosette inlay, circular in form and set with creamy white petals on a brown background with a yellow central boss. Thousands of similar rosettes were found at the Delta site of Tell el-Yahudiya, where a small palace of Ramesses III was discovered. For similar see: F. Dunn Friedman (ed.), Gifts of the Nile. Ancient Egyptian Faience, (Providence 1998), pp.87 & 197, nos. 55-56. Size: 20mm x 20mm; Weight: 5g Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Private collection 1970s-1990s.