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LOT 0017
Estimate
GBP (£) 800 - 1,000
EUR (€) 930 - 1,160
USD ($) 1,070 - 1,340
EGYPTIAN RED LIMESTONE JAR
NEW KINGDOM, 1550-1069 B.C.
2 in. (57 grams, 51 mm).
NEW KINGDOM, 1550-1069 B.C.
2 in. (57 grams, 51 mm).
With everted disc rim and flat base, twin lug handles at the shoulder.
PROVENANCE:
Pino Donati collection, Lugano-Breganzona, formed in the 1960s-early 1970s.
with Arte Classica, Stefano Donati, Lugano.
Private collection, Europe, acquired November 2011 from the above.
with Bonhams, New Bond Street, 28 November 2019, no.163.
FOOTNOTES:
Red limestone vessels have a limited chronological range and are particularly characteristic of the Predynastic Period. See Aston, B.G., Ancient Egyptian Stone Vessels: Materials and Forms, SAGA 5, Heidelberg, 1994, p.170, fig. 21, for the chronological range of the stone used for vessels.
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