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TOMASSO: The More a Thing is Perfect
Egyptian Green Faience Aryballos in the form of a Hedgehog, 7th/6th Century B.C.
Lot Closed
April 29, 01:11 PM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 4,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Egyptian Green Faience Aryballos in the form of a Hedgehog
7th/6th Century B.C.
in the form of a hedgehog standing on an oblong base, the cross-hatched body imitating spines and surmounted by a spout with straight angular handle on the back, the head with incised mouth, flat snout, globular eyes, and grooved erect ears, some areas accented with brown spots.
Height 5 cm., 2 in.
Captain George Fenwick-Owen, United Kingdom acquired in Alexandria in the 1920s
English private collection, by descent from the above (sold Reeman Dansie, Colchester, Essex, February 14th, 2012, lot 25)
Galerie Chenel, Paris, acquired at the above sale
acquired from the above
English private collection, by descent from the above (sold Reeman Dansie, Colchester, Essex, February 14th, 2012, lot 25)
Galerie Chenel, Paris, acquired at the above sale
acquired from the above
Galerie Chenel, Paris, Animal, exh. cat., 2012
Bonhams, London, October 2nd, 2014, lot 20
Tomasso Brothers Fine Art, London, The Sculptor’s Menagerie, exh. cat., 2015, no. 2
Bonhams, London, October 2nd, 2014, lot 20
Tomasso Brothers Fine Art, London, The Sculptor’s Menagerie, exh. cat., 2015, no. 2
Related examples are in Princeton (https://artmuseum.princeton.edu/collections/objects/24689) and New York (https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/573253).