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LOT 0455

Egyptian Schist Plate

PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 323-30 B.C.

6 1/2 in. (450 grams, 16.4 cm).

Discoid palette with rounded underside and flat base, dished central field, flat rim with four radiating trapezoidal projections.

Provenance

Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.

Accompanied by a copy of an Art Loss Register certificate no.S00038135.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

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LOT 0455

Egyptian Schist Plate

Estimate £800 - 1,000€930 - 1,160 (for guidance only)$1,080 - 1,350 (for guidance only)

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