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LOT 0469
Egyptian Terracotta Jar
NEW KINGDOM, CIRCA 16TH-13TH CENTURY B.C.
6 1/8 in. (770 grams, 15.4 cm).
With pointed foot, bulbous body, carinated shoulder and everted rim. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired Sunday 11th October 1992.
From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s.
Accompanied by an old handwritten information ticket.
Various forms of this vessel were produced during the New Kingdom (see Guidotti, M.C., Vasi dall’epoca protodinastica al Nuovo Regno, Museo Egizio di Firenze, Rome, 1991, pp. 218, nos. 339-340, and p. 227, no. 361).
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LOT 0469
Egyptian Terracotta Jar
Estimate £300 - 400€350 - 460 (for guidance only)$410 - 540 (for guidance only)
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