Egyptian polychrome glass flask in the form of a Bird
18th Dynasty (1549-1292 BC); length cm 8; Extremely rare typology: maybe an Egyptian goose or a turtle dove. This flask is intact and fragile, not assembled from fragments. Provenance: The Gotha Precious Collection: property of a Swiss Collector; with Oswald Burchard, Zurich, until 1983; formerly part of the M. Hess Collection (Hotel Jura, Basel).
Price realized | 24'375 GBP |
Starting price | 15'000 GBP |
Estimate | 35'000 GBP |