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Lot 316*

An Egyptian pink limestone footed jar

6 July 2023, 11:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

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An Egyptian pink limestone footed jar
Predynastic Period, Naqada I-II, circa 4000-3200 B.C.
11.5cm high, 7.9cm wide incl. handles

Footnotes

Provenance:
Dr. Jan Beekmans (1927-2008) collection, Borken, Germany, acquired in Amsterdam, gallery of Geoffrey Turner and Johan Möger, 1970's.
Anonymous sale; Bonhams, London, 24 October 1995, lot 272.
Arnold Meijer collection, the Netherlands, acquired at the above sale.

Published:
C.A.R. Andrews and J. van Dijk, Objects for Eternity, Egyptian Antiquities from the W. Arnold Meijer Collection, Mainz, 2006, p.18 and 271, no. 1.03.
W. Arnold Meijer, Masters of Stone, Egyptian Stone Vessels from Predynastic Times to the Middle Kingdom, Amsterdam, 2018, p. 16, no. 3.

Exhibited:
Allard Pierson Museum, Archaeological Museum of the University of Amsterdam, Objecten voor de Eeuwigheid, 17 November 2006 – 25 March 2007.
Reiss-Engelhorn-Museum Mannheim, Stein(h)art, Altägyptische Gefäße von ewiger Schönheit, Museum Weltkulturen, 11 November 2018 – 10 February 2019.

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