Egyptian Faience Cup with Hieroglyph

Egyptian Faience Cup with Hieroglyph, Late Period, ca. 715-330 BC. A fine blue-green faience cup decorated with a painted black hieroglyphic inscription incorporating a royal cartouche. The vessel displays a mottled glaze with scattered areas of surface encrustation. The combination of the blue-green glaze and contrasting black inscription provides a particularly appealing example of Egyptian faience craftsmanship.

Provenance: Private New York City Egyptologist Collection, acquired from Arte Primitivo; Lot 86. Previously: Private New York City Collection; ex Connecticut Collection; ex John N. Winnie, Jr. Collection, Georgia, acquired during the 1980s–1990s. Excellent condition. H. 2 1/8" (5.4 cm)..