EGYPTIAN FAIENCE ROSETTE INLAY

New Kingdom, 20th Dynasty, Ca. 1184 - 1153 BC
A glazed faience rosette set with blue brown 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 additional information, see F. Dunn Friedman (ed.), Gifts of the Nile. Ancient Egyptian Faience, (Providence 1998), pp.87 & 197, nos. 55-56.
Size: 30mm x 30mm; Weight: 5g
Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014, acquired from Kyros Melas, London, Dec 2007.
Estimate: GBP 400 - 600