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Estimate
GBP (£) 3,000 - 4,000
EUR (€) 3,470 - 4,630
USD ($) 4,020 - 5,360
NEW KINGDOM, 19TH-20TH DYNASTY, 1292-1070 B.C.
2 3/4 in. (34.5 grams, 69 mm).
Shallow bowl with rounded rim and openwork handle formed as two ducks resting with necks bent and heads draped to the rim; underside with wing, leg and tail detailing.
PROVENANCE:
Mary Alice Ryun, Fort Worth, Texas, prior to 1975; thence by descent.
Sotheby's, New York, Antiquities and Islamic Art, 8 December 1995, lot 222; where acquired by the present owner.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11949-209610.
LITERATURE:
Cf. Guidotti, M.C., Vasi dall’epoca protodinastica al Nuovo Regno. Museo Egizio di Firenze, Rome, 1991, p.155, no.193, for a close parallel.
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