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Price:CHF 11'000
Egyptian
New Empire ( second half of the 2nd century B.C.)
H: 15 cm
Sculpture
Quartzite
Brown
The animal is complete, but its muzzle, lost, is fully restored. Chips and chips, especially on the base.
21167
This rectangular plaque is perfectly regular and smooth; at its center, it is decorated with a bird carved out in relief
Although conveying a certain charm, typical of traditional folk art rather than formal representations, this statuette shows highly stylized and naive shapes which do not totally lighten the strength of the rectangular block of stone.
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