Egyptian faience erotic group fragment

E209

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A pale green glazed faience fragment depicting a naked female figure wearing a black painted bag-shaped wig, probably part of an erotic group.

Culture
Egypt, Late Dynastic Period, 730-332 BC

Size
5.3 x 3 cms

Condition
Fragment as shown

Provenance
Ex. collection: Mary Gladys Bolton (1885-1975), UK; acquired during her Grand Tour in the 1920’s. Thence by family descent since 1975 to a private collection in Gloucestershire, UK. Ms Bolton, and her travel companion Marjory Andrews, journeyed extensively visiting the Mediterranean, Levant, Himalayas and China.

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