Lot 169
169
AN EGYPTIAN VEINED INDURATED LIMESTONE PILGRIM FLASK
AN EGYPTIAN VEINED INDURATED LIMESTONE PILGRIM FLASK

NEW KINGDOM, CIRCA 1550-1069 B.C.

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AN EGYPTIAN VEINED INDURATED LIMESTONE PILGRIM FLASK
NEW KINGDOM, CIRCA 1550-1069 B.C.
The body of flattened lentoid shape, with two small arched handles from the body to the circular neck, and flaring flat rim
4 5/8 in. (11.7 cm.) high
Provenance
Rudolf Schmidt (1900-1970) collection, Solothurn, Switzerland; and thence by descent.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 25 October 2007, lot 42.
Private collection, UK.
Private collection, Connecticut.

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Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
P. Günther and R. Wellauer, Ägyptische Steingefässe der Sammlung Rudolph Schmidt, Solothurn, Ägyptologische Hefte des Orientalischen Seminars der Universität Zürich, 1988, p. 75, no. 182, pls 23 and 46.

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