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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.
ProvenanceFrom a private UK collection since the 1980s.
Acquired mid 2000s.
Property of a London gentleman.
Accompanied by a scholarly report by Egyptologist Paul Whelan.
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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