Group votive food in faience Middle Kingdom (3)

Three votive food offerings in faience from the Middle Kingdom. 1. A spherical hollow votive fruit offering in pale blue faience representing a melon or some such fruit. Intact. Diameter; 24.4 mm. 2. A votive pear-shaped hollow fruit offering in blue-green representing a persimmon fruit. Intact besides tiny hole in hollow shell. Height; 27.3, Width; 18 mm. 3. A votive food offering in blue-green faience in the shape of a loaf of bread of the type signified by the hieroglyph ‘t’. Solid faience. Intact. Height; 13.5, Diameter; 27.5 mm. Acquired Bonhams, London, part of lot 232, 20/10-94. Catalog p. 28. This lot is part of a large private collection of Egyptian antiquities at auction at Lauritz.com Roskilde until 29-31 March 2016. and read .