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Lot 318*

An Egyptian alabaster oval bowl

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

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An Egyptian alabaster oval bowl
Predynastic-Early Dynastic, Naqada III-1st Dynasty, circa 3200-2900 B.C.
4.3cm high, 10.1cm long

Footnotes

Provenance:
Major Robert Grenville Gayer-Anderson (1881-1945) collection.
Dr. Rudolph Schmidt (1900-1970) collection, Solothurn, Switzerland, acquired at auction, Casino de Montbenon, Lausanne, "Belles collections de S.E. Henri Martin: Ministre plénipotentiaire, ancien envoyé extraordinaire de Suisse en Turquie et en Egypte: catalogue grande vente aux enchères les 23 et 24 juin 1949."; and thence by descent.
Arnold Meijer collection, the Netherlands, acquired from the above May 2007.

Published:
P. Günther und R. Wellauer, Ägyptische Steingefässe der Sammlung Rudolph Schmidt Solothurn, Zürich, 1988, no. 176, Tafel 47.
W. Arnold Meijer, Masters of Stone, Egyptian Stone Vessels from Predynastic Times to the Middle Kingdom, Amsterdam, 2018, p. 33, no. 21.

Exhibited:
Reiss-Engelhorn-Museum Mannheim, Stein(h)art, Altägyptische Gefäße von ewiger Schönheit, Museum Weltkulturen, 11 November 2018-10 February 2019.

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