Beschreibung : AN EGYPTIAN FAIENCE HIPPOPOTAMUS MIDDLE KINGDOM, 11TH-12TH DYNASTY, 2040-1783 B.C. Turquoise blue in color, the corpulent beast naturalistically modelled, depicted striding forward, its left legs advanced, with bulging eyes, a wide snout and rippling flesh along the neck, decorated in black glaze with a symmetrical composition comprised of buds, pads and lilies, a lily atop its head, the legs ritually broken in antiquity 8 in. (20.3 cm.) long
Verkaufsdaten sind für Premium-Abonnenten verfügbar. Angebote ansehen
Über das Lot Chargen- 5 Titel : AN EGYPTIAN FAIENCE HIPPOPOTAMUS Herkunft : with Charles Ratton, Paris, 1970s.
Bernard H. Friedman, East Hampton, New York.
Ben Heller, New York, 1978.
California Private Collection; Antiquities, Sotheby's, New York, 9
December 2003, lot 49.
with Phoenix Ancient Art, Geneva and New York (Art of the Two Lands:
Egypt from 4000 B.C. to 1000 A.D., 2006, no. 12).