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**Originally Listed At $1000**

Ancient Egypt, New Kingdom, 20th Dynasty, ca. 1189 to 1077 BCE. A fine faience tile of a discoid form exhibiting a delicate rosette flower that was perhaps an inlaid ornament in a home or pharaonic palace. The circular tile features incredibly smooth, glazed surfaces while the topside bears 8 teardrop-shaped flower petals surrounding a protruding central bulge. The flower petals were perhaps adorned with a yellow pigment at one point, and traces of black pigment around the peripheries suggest just how attractive this tile was when first created. Size: 1.35" Diameter (3.4 cm)

See similar examples at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number 35.1.131; also the British Museum, registration number 1982,0526.2

Please also 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.

Provenance: private Englewood, Colorado USA collection; ex-Martin Boxer estate, Denver, Colorado, USA, before 2000

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  • Condition: Minor pitting and fading to color, otherwise intact and excellent. Great preservation to flower petals and overall form.

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