A small Egyptian travertine footed cup 'tazza' New Kingdom, circa 1550-1069 B.C. Carved from once piece, set on a flared foot with reel-shaped body, 3.7cm highFootnotesProvenance: With Dr Jan Beekmans (1927-2008), Borken, Germany, acquired in the 1970s. Anonymous sale; Bonhams, London, 24 June 1998, lot 344. Property of a private Dutch collection, acquired from the above sale. Published: C.A.R. Andrews and J. van Dijk (eds), Objects for Eternity: Egyptian Antiquities from the W. Arnold Meijer Collection, Mainz, 2006, p.123, no.2.30. Exhibited: Allard Pierson Museum, Amsterdam, Objecten voor de Eeuwigheid, November 2006 - March 2007. Reiss Engelhorn Museen Mannheim, Agypten, Land der Unsterblichkeid, November 2014 - January 2020. Cf. Egypt's Golden Age: the Art of Living in the New Kingdom 1558-1085 B.C., Museum of Fine Arts Boston, 1982, p.129, no.120 for a larger example of similar form.
A small Egyptian travertine footed cup 'tazza' New Kingdom, circa 1550-1069 B.C. Carved from once piece, set on a flared foot with reel-shaped body, 3.7cm highFootnotesProvenance: With Dr Jan Beekmans (1927-2008), Borken, Germany, acquired in the 1970s. Anonymous sale; Bonhams, London, 24 June 1998, lot 344. Property of a private Dutch collection, acquired from the above sale. Published: C.A.R. Andrews and J. van Dijk (eds), Objects for Eternity: Egyptian Antiquities from the W. Arnold Meijer Collection, Mainz, 2006, p.123, no.2.30. Exhibited: Allard Pierson Museum, Amsterdam, Objecten voor de Eeuwigheid, November 2006 - March 2007. Reiss Engelhorn Museen Mannheim, Agypten, Land der Unsterblichkeid, November 2014 - January 2020. Cf. Egypt's Golden Age: the Art of Living in the New Kingdom 1558-1085 B.C., Museum of Fine Arts Boston, 1982, p.129, no.120 for a larger example of similar form.
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