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LOT 0412
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.
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 0412
Egyptian 'Becker' Serpentine Vessel
Estimate £3,000 - 4,000€3,480 - 4,640 (for guidance only)$4,050 - 5,400 (for guidance only)
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Late Period, 6th century B.C.Estimate: £700 - 900 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £350
Cobra-shaped mount with head raised and hood expanded, two mounting studs to the reverse; mounted on a custom-made stand. 182 grams, 22 cm
Private Israeli collection. Ex Archaeological Center, Tel Aviv, Israel, 2015. Private European collection.
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Late Period, 664-332 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Carved stone wedjat amulet with incised detailing to the brow, applied black pupil. 0.83 grams, 14.69 mm
with Archaeologia, Switzerland, before 1983. Ex private North American collection. London private collection, 2016. -
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