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Lot 250

A pair of Romano-Egyptian funerary sandal soles

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3 July 2019, 10:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

£800 - £1,200

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A pair of Romano-Egyptian funerary sandal soles
Circa 2nd-3rd Century A.D.
The linen soles with applied polychrome gesso, coloured pink with yellow borders and yellow thongs, 24.5cm high

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Provenance:
George Anastase Michaelides (1900-1973) collection, acquired in Egypt during 1930s-1940s and exported to London in the 1940s; and thence by descent.
Private collection, UK, acquired in London from the daughter of George Michaelides in the early 1970s.
Anonymous sale, Bonhams, London, 1 April 2014, lot 242.
Private collection, UK, acquired at the above sale.

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