About the lot N° 263
Title : An Egyptian travertine inverted piriform vessel
Provenance : Provenance:
With Dr. Jan Beekmans (1927–2008), Borken, Germany, acquired in the 1970s.
Anonymous sale; Bonhams London, 22 April 1999, lot 647.
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.122, no.2.29.
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 – January 2020.Notes : This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: *
Condition report : This fine, thinly walled vessel appears to be intact. There is some minor chipping on the rim, most notably a shallow 6mm long chip. The exterior may have been cleaned and there is some small amounts of encrustation on the interior. There is overall surface wear including some pitting, chipping and scratching.Bonhams, auctioneer, London, UK
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Sale title : Antiquities
Sale date : 08 Dec 2022
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