Forgery of an ancient Egyptian antiquity acquired by William Birkbeck. Mould made ceramic plaque with two registers. Top register includes the throne name of Tuthmosis III (Menkheperre) within a cartouche. Below is a scene showing a kneeling person making an offering of a bird to a seated figure. At the top is a 'cavetto'-cornice with the palm-fronds marked in fine lines; the inscribed area is surrounded on top and sides by a plain torus-moulding. Purchased in Alexandria by William Abbott Herdman. There is an identical forgery (probably made from the same mould) in Derby Museum and Art Gallery, UK. 

CONDITION NOTE (1998): Previous repair, running cracks around edges, chipped around break edges, surface dirt, pitted, label adhered to surface.

Plaque (Forgery) | National Museums Liverpool

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Forgery of an ancient Egyptian antiquity acquired by William Birkbeck. Mould made ceramic plaque with two registers. Top register includes the throne name of Tuthmosis III (Menkheperre) within a cartouche. Below is a scene showing a kneeling person making an offering of a bird to a seated figure. At the top is a 'cavetto'-cornice with the palm-fronds marked in fine lines; the inscribed area is surrounded on top and sides by a plain torus-moulding. Purchased in Alexandria by William Abbott Herdman. There is an identical forgery (probably made from the same mould) in Derby Museum and Art Gallery, UK. CONDITION NOTE (1998): Previous repair, running cracks around edges, chipped around break edges, surface dirt, pitted, label adhered to surface.

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