Description:
A composition offering cup with a cylindrical, slightly conical form. The cup has a slightly flared rim, decorated with black rays, and is decorated in black with a hieroglyphic text in two columns, including a cartouche containing the throne name of pharaoh Ramesses III.
The text reads: Lord of the Two Lands, Weser-Maat-Ra Mery-Imen, beloved of Osiris, Lord of Rosetjau.
Dating:
New Kingdom, 20th dynasty, 1186-1155 B.C.
Size:
Height 6.5 cm.
Provenance:
Collection of Florent Dalcq, Belgium (1878-1950), acquired in Cairo in 1923; thereafter collection Leu, Zürich, Switzerland (1980-2012); with Galerie Günther Puhze, Freiburg, Germany, 2012; thereafter Dutch private collection.
Condition:
Intact; a label from a previous collection with a short description underneath.
Price:
€ 3,500
Stock number:
E1070