ID 1472698
Lot 12 | AN EGYPTIAN FAIENCE EROTICON
Estimate value
$ 8 000 – 12 000
LATE PERIOD TO PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 664-30 B.C.
3 ½ in. (8.8 cm.) long
Provenance
with Galerie du Sycomore, Paris.
Private Collection, Switzerland, acquired from the above, 1981; thence by descent to the current owner.
Literature
M. Page-Gasser and A.B. Weise, Ägypten: Augenblicke der Ewigkeit, Mainz, 1997, pp. 320-322, no. 223.
Exhibited
Antikenmuseum Basel and Sammlung Ludwig and Geneva, Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Ägypten: Augenblicke der Ewigkeit, 18 March 1997-11 January 1998.
| Applied technique: | Pottery |
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| Medium: | Ceramic, Faience |
| Art style: | Ancient Art |
| Place of origin: | Egypt, Africa, Roman Empire |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Ancient Art & Antiquities |
| Applied technique: | Pottery |
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| Medium: | Ceramic, Faience |
| Art style: | Ancient Art |
| Place of origin: | Egypt, Africa, Roman Empire |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Ancient Art & Antiquities |
| Address of auction |
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