About the lot N° 99
Title : AN EGYPTIAN GILDED BRONZE PANTHER
Provenance : G. F. Van Der Burgh collection, Paris, until 1972. English private collection, acquired on the Paris art market in 1999. Notes : PROPERTY FROM AN ENGLISH PRIVATE COLLECTIONNo VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.Please note that the lots of Iranian origin are subject to U.S. trade restrictions which currently prohibit the import into the United States. Similar restrictions may apply in other countries.Please note that descriptions of lots in this catalogue do not include references to condition. Condition reports are available on request. Please contact the Antiquities department administrator.Cf. M. Hill (ed.), exhibition catalogue, Gifts for the Gods, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2007, p. 44, figs 23 and 24. Fig. 24 shows a hollow cast bronze with inlaid gold sphinx dated to Tuthmosis III, with tangs beneath. Christie's, auctioneer, London, UK
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Sale title : Antiquities
Sale date : 13 Oct 2008
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Sale Reference : Live Sale
