Bidspirit auction | ROMANO-EGYPTIAN FAIENCE CUP

ROMANO-EGYPTIAN FAIENCE CUP - Ca. 100 BC - AD 200 .A pale faience cup with a globular body seated on a funnel pedestal, and a short and large neck with two petite vertical handles. The body is embellished with moulded high relief of Egyptian symbols. For similar thecnique see: British Museum, Museum number 1873,0820.389. Reviewed by Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition.Size: 85.2mm x 104.6mm; Weight: 215.1gProvenance: Private UK collection; previously acquired on the French art market in the 1990s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.