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Sold for (Inc. bp): £13,716
PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 3RD CENTURY BC
19 1/4" (8 kg, 49cm).
A finely-fashioned, large banded alabaster hydria vessel formed in one piece, incorporating a foot ring, everted rim and a single handle extending from rim to body, with two shallow lugs to shoulders.
PROVENANCE:
Formerly in the private collection of Mr R.C., an antiquities dealer at the Sablon in Brussels, Belgium; acquired in the 1970s; accompanied by a scholarly note TL5332 by Dr Ronald Bonewitz, and a copy of an Art Loss Register certificate no.S00148363; this lot has also been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a copy of the IADAA certificate number no.31032020/1227.
LITERATURE:
For other examples see pp.2-3, fig.5 in Pagenstecher, Die griechisch-ägyptische Samlung E. Von Sieglin, vol.III: Die Gefässe in Stein und Ton, Knochenschnitzereien, and p.23, pl.XVI in Breccia, Le Musée Gréco-Romain d'Alexandrie, 1925-1931.
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