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Basalt Furniture Fitting

Egyptian, Late Period, Circa 712-30 B.C.

Width 9 cm.

 

Provenance

J.H.H. Claessen (1926-2006), Netherlands

Private collection, London, 2006-25

 

Comment

Similar examples in various material including limestone and faience can be seen in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo. See also Du Nil a l’Escaut, exhibition catalogue, Banque Brussels Lambert, Brussels, 1991, pp. 38-40.