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LOT 0023
Egyptian 'Becker' Serpentine Vessel
NEW KINGDOM, 18TH DYNASTY, CIRCA 1450 B.C.
6 1/8 in. (1.2 kg, 15.5 cm).
Piriform jar with wide, flat rim and short neck, narrow neck and flat base.
ProvenanceEx Becker collection, 1920s.
Private collection, Los Angeles, USA, 1990s.
Private European collection.
Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12576-232111.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
See Aston, B.G., Ancient Egyptian Stone Vessels, materials and forms, Heidelberg, 1994, pl.12, for examples of serpentine vessels; for the shape of the vessel, idem, p.97, no.185, type a (p.154, New Kingdom); Lilyquist, C., Egyptian Stone Vessels, Khian through Tuthmosis IV, New York, 1995, figs.67, 68, 85, 87.
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LOT 0023
Egyptian 'Becker' Serpentine Vessel
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000€4,640 - 6,960 (for guidance only)$5,400 - 8,100 (for guidance only)
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