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    • AN EGYPTIAN GRANODIORITE BOWL
    Lot 2 | PROPERTY FROM THE TOLEDO MUSEUM OF ART, SOLD TO BENEFIT THE ACQUISITIONS FUND Read more

    AN EGYPTIAN GRANODIORITE BOWL

    OLD KINGDOM, 3RD DYNASTY, 2686-2613 B.C.

    Price realised

    USD 21,250

    Estimate

    USD 15,000 - USD 20,000

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    AN EGYPTIAN GRANODIORITE BOWL
    OLD KINGDOM, 3RD DYNASTY, 2686-2613 B.C.
    7 ½ in. (19 cm.) diameter

    Provenance

    Rev. Randolph Berens (1844-1922), London.
    Antiquities, Christie's, London, 16 July 1985, lot 235.
    with Gawain McKinley (1945-1996), London.
    Acquired by the Toledo Museum of Art from the above, 1985 (Accession no. 1985.92).

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    Literature and exhibited

    Literature

    Catalogue of an Exhibition of Ancient Egyptian Art, Burlington Fine Arts Club, London, 1922, no. 7, pl. XXVIII.


    Exhibited

    The Toledo Museum of Art, The Egypt Experience: Secrets of the Tomb, 29 October 2010-8 January 2012.


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    Pre-Lot Text

    PROPERTY FROM THE TOLEDO MUSEUM OF ART, SOLD TO BENEFIT THE ACQUISITIONS FUND

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