NEW KINGDOM, DYNASTY XVIII, CIRCA 1550-1295 B.C.

Details

AN EGYPTIAN BRIGHT TURQUOISE GLAZED COMPOSITION KOHL JAR
NEW KINGDOM, DYNASTY XVIII, CIRCA 1550-1295 B.C.
The tapering piriform body with flat circular base and everted rim, with disc lid
1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm.) high

Provenance

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

Exhibited

Le don du Nil, Art égyptien dans les collections suisses, Genève, Basel, Bern, Zürich, Luzern, 1978, no. 171.

Special notice

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.

Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
Exhibition catalogue, Le don du Nil, Art égyptien dans les collections suisses, Basel, 1978, p. 52, no. 171.

For similar, cf. B. Aston, Ancient Egyptian Stone Vessels, Materials and Forms, Heidelberg, 1994, pp. 146-148, nos. 160-164; and M. Page-Gasser and A. B. Wiese, Ägypten Augenblick der Ewigkeit, Unbekannte Schätze aus Schweizer Privatbesitz, Mainz, 1997, pp. 116-117, no. 70.

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