NEW KINGDOM, 18TH DYNASTY, CIRCA 1550-1292 B.C.

Details

AN EGYPTIAN ALABASTER FOOTED JAR
NEW KINGDOM, 18TH DYNASTY, CIRCA 1550-1292 B.C.
4 1/8 in. (10.3 cm.) high

Provenance

Dr. Rudolf Schmidt (1900-1970), Solothurn, acquired 20 October 1954; thence by descent.

Exhibited

Antikenmuseum Basel und Sammlung Ludwig, Ägypten, Orient und die Schweizer Moderne, Die Sammlung Rudolf Schmidt (1900-1970), 25 March- 31 July 2011.

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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. 48, pl. 13, 37, no. 107.
M. Page-Gasser and A. B. Wiese, Ägypten Augenblicke der Ewigkeit: Unbekannte Schätze aus Schweizer Privatbesitz, Mainz, 1997, pp. 120-121 no. 73A.

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