About the lot N° 14
Title : An Egyptian green crystalline hardstone pomegranate vessel
Provenance : Provenance:
Private collection, France, 1970s-1980s.
Anonymous sale; François de Ricqlès, Paris, 1 October 1999, lot 164.
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, pp.118–119, no.2.27a.
Exhibited:
Allard Pierson Museum, Archaeological Museum of the University of Amsterdam, Objecten voor de Eeuwigheid, November 2006 – March 2007.
Reiss Engelhorn Museen Mannheim, Ägypten, Land der Unsterblichkeid, November 2014 – February 2020.
Originating from western Asia or Cyprus, the pomegranate was introduced to, and gained popularity in, Egypt from the New Kingdom, where the form was re-created in various media. This example is of an unusual material with thick walls and some brown veining.Notes : This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: *
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Sale title : Antiquities
Sale date : 07 Jul 2022
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