拍品 101
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AN EGYPTIAN PORPHYRITIC DIORITE BOWL
The Eye and the PassionWhilst enjoying their honeymoon on a Nile cruise in 1964, the newly-wed couple fell in love with Egypt and a seed was planted of a life-long passion for collecting ancient art. The most prolific time of their collecting was in the second half of the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s during which time many important pieces or collections, such as those of Omar Pacha Sultan, Ernest Brummer, and Leopold Hirsch, came on the market. The new collectors learnt quickly, travelling to the major auctions in London, New York and Paris, where they befriended scholars, collectors and art dealers.Bronze statues of Egyptian deities were their first love; eschewing the mediocre their unerring eye led them into other areas - exquisite faience statuettes, amulets, small stone vases, statuary, the variety of stone and colour being as much an attraction as the beauty and rarity of the object. It was the spirit of this past age, which revealed the religious beliefs and skill of the craftsmen, which they were seeking.Their close association with the Staatliche Sammlung Agyptischer Kunst in Munich led to five major exhibitions and scholarly catalogues. Through these publications their collection became well-known and accessible to scholars and collectors worldwide.An outstanding piece to be offered from this collection is the red quartzite head of Akhenaten showing the features of the late 18th dynasty pharaoh. It was published and exhibited ...It is now hoped that the passion and purpose with which the Resandro collection evolved will pass on to a new generation of collectors, thus fulfilling the hopes of two extraordinary connoisseurs and art lovers.
AN EGYPTIAN PORPHYRITIC DIORITE BOWL

EARLY DYNASTIC PERIOD, 3RD DYNASTY, CIRCA 2686-2613 B.C.

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AN EGYPTIAN PORPHYRITIC DIORITE BOWL
EARLY DYNASTIC PERIOD, 3RD DYNASTY, CIRCA 2686-2613 B.C.

With gently curved sides, a short angled shoulder and a vertical rim
5 ½ in. (14 cm.) diam.
来源
Rudolph Schmidt (1900-1970) collection, Solothurn.

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Chanel Clarke
Chanel Clarke
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拍品专文

PUBLISHED:
Günter & Wellauer, 1988, p. 21, pl. 4 and 28, no. 31.
Grimm-Stadelmann, 2012, p. 13, no. R-024.




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