Lot 112
112
AN EGYPTIAN TURQUOISE FAIENCE FIGURE OF A SPOTTED DOG
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AN EGYPTIAN TURQUOISE FAIENCE FIGURE OF A SPOTTED DOG

MIDDLE KINGDOM, DYNASTY XII, CIRCA 1939-1759 B.C.

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AN EGYPTIAN TURQUOISE FAIENCE FIGURE OF A SPOTTED DOG
MIDDLE KINGDOM, DYNASTY XII, CIRCA 1939-1759 B.C.
Standing, crouched forward with tail curled over its back, with black spots, on integral base, ears restored; and an Egyptian faience seated frog, with incised mouth, traces of green and turquoise colour, some surface restoration, Middle Kingdom, circa 2052-1778 B.C., both reputedly found together
2 7/8 in. (7.2 cm.) long and 1 in. (2.5 cm.) high respectively (2)
Provenance
Robin Symes Ltd., London.
Exhibited
Item one: Ägypten: Antikenmuseum Basel und Sammlung Ludwig, 1997; and Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Geneva, 1997-1998.
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Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
Animals, 1996, III, no. 115 (item one), where it is catalogued as a piebald smooth-haired African Besenji, and no. 34 (item two); M. Page-Gasser and A. B. Wiese, Ägypten, Augenblicke der Ewigkeit, Mainz, 1997, pp. 87-88, no. 53; and Noah's Ark, 1997, no. 68 (item one).

Cf. F. D. Friedman (ed.), Gifts of the Nile, London, 1998, p. 129, no. 97 for similar faience dog.

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