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LOT 0011
Heavy Egypto-Persian Bronze Phiale with Ibexes, Leonine-Headed Aegis, Pseudo-Cartouches, and Lotus Flowers
CIRCA 7TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.
5 3/4 in. (256 grams, 14.7 cm wide).
Shallow profile with rounded underside and rounded rim; underside with central impressed cruciform motif with one eccentric arm; inner face with two ropework bands flanking stamped images (advancing ibex, lotus in blossom, leonine-headed aegis (perhaps Sekhmet); central ring of pellets with herringbone borders, cruciform design of four lotus plants above stems with leonine-headed aegis and pseudo cartouches topped with Maat-feather plumes.
Provenance
From a private UK collection since the 1980s.
Acquired mid 2000s.
Property of a London gentleman.
Accompanied by a scholarly report by Egyptologist Paul Whelan.
Literature
Cf. similar phiale (offering bowl) lacking the detailed stampwork in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, under accession number 1989.11.7.
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LOT 0011
Heavy Egypto-Persian Bronze Phiale with Ibexes, Leonine-Headed Aegis, Pseudo-Cartouches, and Lotus Flowers
Estimate £1,800 - 2,400€2,090 - 2,780 (for guidance only)$2,430 - 3,240 (for guidance only)
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