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live November 18 | 02:30 PM
Hôtel des ventes de Monte-Carlo

46 - BOWL WITH ATTACHED LID

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€500 - 700

Sale fees

30%

BOWL WITH ATTACHED LID Egyptian alabaster (calcite) H. 10 cm (with lid); Diam. 16 cm Egypt, Thinite period, early 3rd millennium B.C. (bowl) A bowl with a hemispherical body and a flat rim. It is topped by a separate, domed lid pierced with a circular opening with a rounded rim, which does not appear to be contemporary with the bowl. Bowls of this type, sometimes with a more angular profile, are attested from the very beginning of the Egyptian Dynastic Period. Egyptian alabaster bowl with associated lid A hemispherical bowl with a flat rim. It is surmounted by an associated domed lid, pierced with a circular opening with a rounded lip, which does not appear to be contemporary with the bowl. Similar bowls, sometimes with a more angular profile, are attested at the very beginning of the Egyptian dynastic period. Provenance Michel Goughassian Collection (1943–2020), assembled primarily on the Paris art market, at auction houses, and in galleries.

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Auction details

Archaeology
Wednesday, November 18
02:30 PM
10-12, quai Antoine 1er
98000 Monte-Carlo, Monaco

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Hôtel des ventes de Monte-Carlo +37 7 93 25 88 89 amournet@hvmc.com
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