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Lot 210*,W

An Egyptian polychrome limestone relief

24 October 2012, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

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An Egyptian polychrome limestone relief
Ptolemaic, circa 305-30 B.C.
Depicting the facade of a building with a suspended bull's head, with a red sash painted on one side, flanked by columns highlighted with red details below the entablature including the frieze of black coloured triglyphs, 19in x 13½in (48.5cm x 34.5cm), mounted

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Provenance:
The Cyrus Collection. Property of Fay Safani, New York.
Inherited from Edward Safani, previously from a private Israeli collection, acquired in the early 1960s.

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