2ND MILLENNIUM B.C. OR LATER

細節

AN EGYPTIAN MOTTLED GREEN STONE BOWL
2ND MILLENNIUM B.C. OR LATER
Of rounded hemispherical form with twin vestigial handles
3 3/8 in. (8.7 cm.) diam.

來源

Gayer-Anderson collection (see also lot 33).
Collection of Dr. R. Schmidt (1900-1970), and thence by descent to the present owner (see lot 28 onwards).

An ink inscribed label reads "294"; another label reads "5-6 dynastie. Trouvé à Kena. Col. Gayer-Anderson", from a sale catalogue of Henri Martin, Ministre, 23 June 1949.

注意事項

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 15% on the buyer's premium Please note that the lots of Iranian origin are subject to U.S. trade restrictions which currently prohibit the import into the United States. Similar restrictions may apply in other countries.

拍品專文

PUBLISHED :
P. G. and R. Wellauer, Ägyptische Steingefässe der Sammlung Rudolph Schmidt Solothurn, Zürich, 1988, p. 23, pl. 29, no. 38, where it is suggested the bowl might be of New Kingdom date (1570-1070 B.C.).

The dating is uncertain, the material rare, perhaps either anorthosite-gneiss or ophicalcite. Similar stone has been used in small scale statuary, especially in the Middle Kingdom and Dynasty XXV; it is uncertain whether the bowl is of Egyptian manufacture or a Mediterranean import.

For similar stone used in statuary, cf. S. Schoske and D. Wildung, Ägyptische Kunst München, Munich, pp. 36-37, no. 22; and M. Page-Gasser and A. B. Wiese, Ägypten, Augenblick der Ewigkeit, Mainz, 1997, p. 225, no. 148.