CIRCA 3500 B.C.

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A PREDYNASTIC TERRACOTTA HIPPOPOTAMUS VESSEL
CIRCA 3500 B.C.
In the form of a hollow standing hippopotamus with flaring neck covered in a burnished red slip emerging from its back
8 in. (20.1 cm.) high

Provenance

Formerly in the Kofler-Truniger collection.

Special notice

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.

Lot Essay

A Thermoluminescence Analysis Report accompanies the above lot.

Cf. M. Page-Gasser & A. B. Wiese, Ägypten Augenblicke der Ewigkeit: Unbekannte Schätze aus Schweizer Privatbesitz, Mainz, 1997, pp. 17-19. no. 1 for a similar hippopotamus-shaped vessel.

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