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Lot 270

1 May 2013, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

£3,000 - £5,000

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An Egyptian wood model of a baker
Middle Kingdom, circa 2050-1786 B.C.
Depicted kneeling on his right knee with his left knee raised in front, kneading dough on a separate cylindrical plinth, the white painted loaf in his left hand carved integrally, 7¼in (18.4cm) high (2)

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Provenance:
German private collection, the Ruhr, formed in the 1970s.
J.N. Claesen Collection, Holland, formed prior to 1975.

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