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Lot 208

An Egyptian limestone vessel

7 July 2016, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £750 inc. premium

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An Egyptian limestone vessel
Old Kingdom, 4th-6th Dynasty, circa 2613-2181 B.C.
With a short neck and thick, flat disc rim, the rounded shoulders tapering to a flat base, 10.9cm high

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Provenance:
UK private collection, acquired in the 1930s by the owner's grandfather, H.G. Ramsell, (d.1960), Wolverhampton, thence by descent.

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