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Lot 321*

An Egyptian green serpentinite bowl

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

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An Egyptian green serpentinite bowl
Early Dynastic, 1st-3rd Dynasty, circa 3100-2600 B.C.
5.8cm high, 17.2cm wide

Footnotes

Provenance:
Reputedly from the Ernst (1899-1989) and Marthe (1918-1999) Kofler-Truniger collection, Luzern, Switzerland, formed in the 1960's.
with Galerie L'Ibis, Brussels.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 5 June 1998, lot 35.
Arnold Meijer collection, the Netherlands, acquired from 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, pp. 22-23, no. 1.08.
W. Arnold Meijer, Masters of Stone, Egyptian Stone Vessels from Predynastic Times to the Middle Kingdom, Amsterdam, 2018, pp. 36-37, no. 26.

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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