Lot Essay
For short trumpets depicted in two-dimensional representations see no. 44 in Cooney, Amarna Reliefs from Hermopolis in American Collections.
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PROPERTY OF AN AUSTRALIAN PRIVATE COLLECTOR
AN EGYPTIAN ALABASTER AND LAPIS LAZULI TRUMPET
NEW KINGDOM, DYNASTY XVIII, 1550-1307 B.C.
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AN EGYPTIAN ALABASTER AND LAPIS LAZULI TRUMPET
New Kingdom, Dynasty XVIII, 1550-1307 B.C.
Composed of seven individual elements, each with ends worked in recessed fascias, ostensibly to enable joinings with a now-missing element
10¾ in. (27.3 cm) high
New Kingdom, Dynasty XVIII, 1550-1307 B.C.
Composed of seven individual elements, each with ends worked in recessed fascias, ostensibly to enable joinings with a now-missing element
10¾ in. (27.3 cm) high