About the lot N° 66
Title : An Egyptian Glazed Composition Amphora Roman Period, Circa 2Nd Century A
Provenance : Provenance Stift Neuberg (Neuberg Abbey) collection, Heidelberg, Germany, 19th Century. with H. H. Cahn, Munzen und Medaillen, Auktion 41, 1972, lot 151. Fiorella Cottier-Angeli collection, Geneva, 1981-2007. with Galerie Günter Puhze, Freiburg, 2007. Private collection, Midwest USA, acquired in 2007. Stift Neuberg was privately-owned from 1798 until 1926 and a collection of antiquities had been formed by 1893 when the Greek and Roman collection were published. It is believed that the amphora was acquired along with the rest of the collection by Friedrich Alexander von Bernus (1838-1908), who had inherited Stift Neuberg from his relative Johann Friedrich Schlosser (1780-1851), a nephew of Goethe. The abbey was sold to the Benedictines in 1926 and has remained a religious establishment since then. Cf. Égypte Romaine, Musées de Marseille, 1997, p.120, no.129. For a discussion of the techniques of this form of foliate relief decoration see F. Friedman (ed.), Gifts of the Nile, Ancient Egyptian Faience, London, 1998, p.263, no.200.Bonhams 3, auctioneer, London, UK
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Sale date : 06 Jul 2017
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