Circa 7th-4th century B.C. Shallow profile with rounded underside and rounded rim; underside with central impressed cruciform motif with one eccentric arm; inner face with two ropework bands flanking stamped images (advancing ibex, lotus in blossom, leonine-headed aegis (perhaps Sekhmet); central ring of pellets with herringbone borders, cruciform design of four lotus plants above stems with leonine-headed aegis and pseudo cartouches topped with Maat-feather plumes. Cf. similar phiale (offering bowl) lacking the detailed stampwork in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, under accession number grams, 14.7 cm wide (5 3/4 in.). From a private UK collection since the 1980s. Acquired mid 2000s. Property of a London gentleman.Apanied by an scholarly report by Egyptologist Paul Whelan. [A video of this lot is available to view on Timeline Auctions .]