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LOT 0453
Egyptian Schist Plate
MIDDLE KINGDOM, 2040-1782 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.
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LOT 0453
Egyptian Schist Plate
Estimate £650 - 850€750 - 990 (for guidance only)$880 - 1,150 (for guidance only)
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