Bidspirit auction | EGYPTIAN BLUE FAIENCE PLAQUE WITH

EGYPTIAN BLUE FAIENCE PLAQUE WITH WEDJAT EYE - Ptolemaic Period, Ca. 332 - 30 BC. A square earthenware plaque covered in a bright blue glaze, decorated with a large Wedjat eye. The edges are bevelled, and the reverse is flat and undecorated. Mounted on a modern stand. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 30.8.1053. Size: 125mm x 125mm; Weight: 485g Provenance: Private UK collection; previously acquired on the London art market in the 1980s. Reviewed by Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.