Antiquities - Ancient New Kingdom grey faience tile fragment

E39

New Kingdom grey faience tile fragment

£350

A fragment from a rare grey glazed faience wall tile. The surface is moulded with part of a pair of wings, with distinct feather patterns. As there are no anthropomorphic features along the wings (which would indicate a deity such as a winged protective Isis), this is presumably part of a scene of a bird being carried to a sacrifice; possibly a goose being carried by the neck as its wings flail behind it.

The glazed surface is fired onto a thin layer of fine faience/silica, under which is a thick layer of coarse sand "cement" which forms the majority of the depth of the tile.

Egypt, New Kingdom, XIXth Dynasty 1293-1185 BC

Fragment as shown

Size: 10 x 8 x 2.2 cms

Provenance: Ex. Private collection, UK.

www.heliosgallery.com

|Shopping cart |Mailing list |Home