AN EGYPTIAN HEMATITE AND GOLD FOIL KOHL POT

Lot 6
03.07.2024 15:30UTC +00:00
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Lot 6 | AN EGYPTIAN HEMATITE AND GOLD FOIL KOHL POT
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£ 7 000 – 9 000
AN EGYPTIAN HEMATITE AND GOLD FOIL KOHL POT
MIDDLE KINGDOM, 12TH DYNASTY, CIRCA 1976-1794 B.C.
1 7/8 in. (4.7 cm.) high




Provenance

Collection of King Farouk (1920-1965).
with Dr Elie Borowski, Basel.
Dr. R. Schmidt (1900-1970), Solothurn, Switzerland, acquired from the above in 1954; thence by descent.



Literature

S. Hermann, Le don du Nil: Art égyptien dans les collections suisses, Basel, 1978, p. 42, no. 140.
P. Günther and R. Wellauer, Ägyptische Steingefässe der Sammlung Rudolph Schmidt, Solothurn, Zurich, 1988, pp. 40-41, no. 88, pls 11 and 34.
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