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LOT 2050
Egyptian Style Blue Glazed Hippopotamus
20TH CENTURY A.D.
6 1/8 in. (399 grams, 15.5 cm).
Likely after a known Middle Kingdom example; modelled in the round and painted with lotus flower details. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Prof. Horace Abram Rigg (1909-1978), Cleveland, 1960s.
Ex American collection, 2001.
with Chiswick Auctions, London, 11 December 2017.
Literature
Cf. Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna, inventory number AES 4211, for a similar (albeit ancient) example.
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