Francesca Hickin
Head of Department
Lot 41
An Egyptian anthropomorphic pottery vase
3 July 2019, 10:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £1,275 inc. premium
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Siobhan Quin
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An Egyptian anthropomorphic pottery vase
Middle Kingdom-Second Intermediate Period, circa 2046-1550 B.C.
With a projecting inverted triangular head applied beneath the rim, the biconical body with three applied discs, with slender arms, one now missing, and a miniature spout protruding from the stomach, with traces of pale cream slip, 22cm high
Middle Kingdom-Second Intermediate Period, circa 2046-1550 B.C.
With a projecting inverted triangular head applied beneath the rim, the biconical body with three applied discs, with slender arms, one now missing, and a miniature spout protruding from the stomach, with traces of pale cream slip, 22cm high
Footnotes
Provenance:
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 23 October 1967, lot 177 (part).
Desmond Morris collection, Oxford, acquired at the above sale.
There is a Middle Kingdom spouted anthropomorphic vase in the form of a woman with applied arms and breasts in the Petrie Museum, acc. no. UC18248.