Egyptian Blue glazed Faience Cup with Hieroglyphs
Late Period-Ptolemaic Period, circa 664-30 B.C. A blue glazed composition chalice, with enigmatic hieroglyphs on the body in darker blue; mounted on an acrylic base. 36 grams total, 65 mm high including stand (2 1/2 in.). From an old UK collection.From the private collection of Alf Baxendale (1941-2016) part 2, keen Egyptologist, member of the Egyptology Society, trustee of the Amarna Trust; thence by descent.Accompanied by an identification display card.Accompanied by a copy of his obituary published in Horizon, The Amarna Project and Amarna Trust newsletter, Issue 18, 2017, p.21, by Barry John Kemp, CBE, FBA, Professor Emeritus of Egyptology at the University of Cambridge and directing excavations at Amarna in Egypt. Probably a foundation deposit. [No Reserve]