About the lot N° 262
Title : A small Egyptian travertine footed cup 'tazza'
Medium : Carved from one piece, set on a flared foot with reel-shaped body, Provenance : Provenance:
With Dr Jan Beekmans (1927-2008), Borken, Germany, acquired in the 1970s.
Anonymous sale; Bonhams, London, 24 June 1998, lot 344.
Property of a private Dutch collection, acquired from the above sale.
Published:
C.A.R. Andrews and J. van Dijk (eds),
Objects for Eternity: Egyptian Antiquities from the W. Arnold Meijer Collection, Mainz, 2006, p.123, no.2.30.
Exhibited:
Allard Pierson Museum, Amsterdam, Objecten voor de Eeuwigheid, November 2006 - March 2007.
Reiss Engelhorn Museen Mannheim, Agypten, Land der Unsterblichkeid, November 2014 - January 2020.
Cf.
Egypt's Golden Age: the Art of Living in the New Kingdom 1558-1085 B.C., Museum of Fine Arts Boston, 1982, p.129, no.120 for a larger example of similar form.Notes : This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: *
Condition report : A crack down one side starting at the rim and which is visible both on the interior and exterior, with a chip on the rim, the crack passes down through the bottom ridge and continues with a superficial crack along part of the underside of the base, with a small chip on the crack line on the side of the body and where the crack passes through the bottom ridge. A further chip on the bottom ridge.
Overall there are surface abrasions, a few minor chips and some wear.Bonhams, auctioneer, London, UK
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Sale title : Antiquities
Sale date : 08 Dec 2022
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