EGYPT - NEW KINGDOM PERIOD - CERAMIC TRIPLE INKWELL New Kingdom, circa 1550 BC - 1070 AD. A large ceramic pot decorated on its vertical surface with a complex incised interlaced pattern; in the top three thick-rimmed holes with lids, one possibly not belonging; the interior comprising three separate chambers for different colours or grades of ink for use in writing on papyrus. 525 grams, 125 mm wide. Two minor chips, otherwise fine condition. Provenance Ex Lord Grenfell's collection. Footnotes The interlace decoration was later associated with the Egyptian Coptic church in the early centuries AD.
EGYPT - NEW KINGDOM PERIOD - CERAMIC TRIPLE INKWELL New Kingdom, circa 1550 BC - 1070 AD. A large ceramic pot decorated on its vertical surface with a complex incised interlaced pattern; in the top three thick-rimmed holes with lids, one possibly not belonging; the interior comprising three separate chambers for different colours or grades of ink for use in writing on papyrus. 525 grams, 125 mm wide. Two minor chips, otherwise fine condition. Provenance Ex Lord Grenfell's collection. Footnotes The interlace decoration was later associated with the Egyptian Coptic church in the early centuries AD.
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