Egyptian Middle Kingdom faience votive fig
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A light blue glazed faience votive model of a fig fruit.
Small faience models of fruits and vegetables such as this were placed on dishes in wealthy tombs to serve as food in the afterlife.
Culture
Egypt, Middle Kingdom, probably late 12th to 13th Dynasty, 19th to mid 17th Century BC
Size
2.4 x 1.5 cms
Condition
Intact
Provenance
Ex. collection: Frederick van der Burgh, France; acquired 1983.
For further reading please see: Gifts of the Nile, Ancient Egyptian Faience; Florence Dunn Friedmann 1997: Plate 149.
For similar faience figs in the Louvre Museum, Paris, please see:
https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl010011377