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Description : Egypt, perhaps Alexandria or Fayum, Romano-Egyptian Period, ca. 1st to 2nd century CE. Of both exceeding rarity and unquestionable beauty, a hand-built faience amphora of sturdy form and bichrome presentation from Roman-controlled Egypt. The apple-shaped body rises and expands gently upwards from the discoid foot, its upper body and shoulder densely decorated with a wreath of applied leafs glazed with sky blue pigment atop the midnight blue-purple body. Resting atop the shoulder and beneath the broad rim is an unusual pair of ring handles since many faience amphorae like this have either bar-shaped handles or no handles at all. Size: 7.4 W x 7.1 H (18.8 cm x 18 cm) Cf. another example at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number 21.2.3. A similar example with bar-shaped handles hammered for GBP 13,750 ($17,536.75) at Christie's, London Antiquities auction (sale 14231, December 6, 2017, lot 88) Provenance: East Coast collection, New York Gallery, New York City, New York, USA, acquired May 2023, ex-private Beachwood, Ohio, USA collection, ex-Arte Primitivo, New York, New York, USA, ex-Sotheby's (sale 5288, February 8, 1985, lot 43) 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. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids. We ship worldwide and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience. #179793
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