252 EGYPTIAN MIDDLE KINGDOM TURQUOISE FAIENCE CYLINDRICAL CUP decorated in black paint with open and closed joined triangles with dotted bands between. XIth-XIIIth Dynasty, ca. 2040-1650 BC. H. 2 1/4 in. (5.9 cm.) Ex French collection; J.M.E. collection, New York, acquired at Pierre Bergé, Paris, in January 2009. 253 EGYPTIAN NEW KINGDOM GREEN FAIENCE FUNERARY CUP with hieroglyphic inscription in cobalt blue including the name of Amenhotep III and Osiris, Lord of Rosetaou. Rare. XVIIIth Dynasty, ca. 1570-1320 BC. H. 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm.) Ex J.M.E. collection, New York, acquired at Pierre Bergé, Paris in October 2006. 254 EGYPTIAN TURQUOISE FAIENCE CYLINDRICAL CUP with hieroglyphic inscription including the name of Ramesses III. Rare. XXth Dynasty, ca. 1282-1151 BC. H. 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm.) Ex J.M.E. collection, New York, acquired in New York in 1998. 255 EGYPTIAN TURQUOISE FAIENCE CYLINDRICAL CUP with hieroglyphic inscription including the name of Merenptah, son of Ramesses II, r. 1213-1203 BC. Rare. Late XIXth Dynasty, ca. 1213-1189 BC. H. 1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm.) Ex J.M.E. collection, New York, acquired in London in the late 1980s. 256 EGYPTIAN PTOLEMAIC PALE BLUE FAIENCE FUNERARY COSMETIC CUP, the inscription in cobalt blue identifys the contents as “henek oil”. Henek oil was one of the seven sacred ointments used in embalming. Early Ptolemaic Period, ca. 3rd century BC. H. 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm.) Ex J.M.E. collection, New York, acquired from Charles Ede, London, in December of 1996. 257 EGYPTIAN INTENSE BLUE FAIENCE CARTOUCHE OF RAMESSES IX Finely incised with his name. He was the eighth king of the XXth Dynasty and ruled ca. 1129–1111 BC. Rare. Ca. 1120-1077 BC. H. 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm.) Ex J.M.E. collection, New York.
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