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EGYPTIAN MIDDLE KINGDOM POTTERY HIPPOPOTAMUS Standing on an integral, rectangular, sledge-like base, with long snout, small ears, and small tail. Cf. Tony-Révillon, Annales du Service des Antiquités de l’Egypt 50, 1950, pp.48-71 Cf. AAW, XIV, no. 194 for a similar example. Cf. P. Lacovara, ‘New Date for an Old Hippopotamus’, JMFAB, vol. 4, 1992. Old English collection. Ca. 2061-1784 BC L. 4 3/8 in. (11 cm.); H. 3 1/4 in. (8.1 cm.) Art of the Ancient World, 2005, no. 175 TPD21 $2,750 Sales |
