An Egyptian Basalt Tilapia Fish Cosmetic Dish
Sale 1273 - Antiquities & Ancient Art: Including Property from the Brummer Collection
Dec 5, 2023
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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$5,000 -
7,000
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$26,460
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Lot Description
An Egyptian Basalt Tilapia Fish Cosmetic Dish
New Kingdom, 18th-20th Dynasty, 1550-1070 B.C.
Length 4 1/2 inches (11.43 cm).
Property from a New England Collection
Provenance:
Ancient Works of Art, New York, prior to 1979.
Charles Weatherby Collection, Fort Worth, Texas; where acquired from the above, 28 September 1979.
Galerie Cybele, Paris, February 2022 (Catalogue 5, p. 12-13).
Exhibited:
Netherlands, Maastricht, The European Fine Art Fair, 24-30 June 2022.
For a similar cosmetic dish in the form of a tilapia nilotica from the reign of Thutmose III, see Metropolitan Museum of Art [Acc. no. 90.6.24]
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