An Egyptian green crystalline hardstone pomegranate vessel New Kingdom, circa 1550-1069 B.C. Naturalistically carved with five dimples around the spherical body, three out-turned petals form the rim to the narrow opening, 6.2cm highFootnotesProvenance: Private collection, France, 1970s-1980s. Anonymous sale; François de Ricqlès, Paris, 1 October 1999, lot 164. Property of a private Dutch collection, acquired from the above sale. Published: C.A.R. Andrews and J. van Dijk (eds), Objects for Eternity: Egyptian Antiquities from the W. Arnold Meijer Collection, Mainz, 2006, pp.118–119, no.2.27a. Exhibited: Allard Pierson Museum, Archaeological Museum of the University of Amsterdam, Objecten voor de Eeuwigheid, November 2006 – March 2007. Reiss Engelhorn Museen Mannheim, Ägypten, Land der Unsterblichkeid, November 2014 – February 2020. Originating from western Asia or Cyprus, the pomegranate was introduced to, and gained popularity in, Egypt from the New Kingdom, where the form was re-created in various media. This example is of an unusual material with thick walls and some brown veining.Saleroom noticesPlease note this stone is of the calcium amphibole subgroup.
An Egyptian green crystalline hardstone pomegranate vessel New Kingdom, circa 1550-1069 B.C. Naturalistically carved with five dimples around the spherical body, three out-turned petals form the rim to the narrow opening, 6.2cm highFootnotesProvenance: Private collection, France, 1970s-1980s. Anonymous sale; François de Ricqlès, Paris, 1 October 1999, lot 164. Property of a private Dutch collection, acquired from the above sale. Published: C.A.R. Andrews and J. van Dijk (eds), Objects for Eternity: Egyptian Antiquities from the W. Arnold Meijer Collection, Mainz, 2006, pp.118–119, no.2.27a. Exhibited: Allard Pierson Museum, Archaeological Museum of the University of Amsterdam, Objecten voor de Eeuwigheid, November 2006 – March 2007. Reiss Engelhorn Museen Mannheim, Ägypten, Land der Unsterblichkeid, November 2014 – February 2020. Originating from western Asia or Cyprus, the pomegranate was introduced to, and gained popularity in, Egypt from the New Kingdom, where the form was re-created in various media. This example is of an unusual material with thick walls and some brown veining.Saleroom noticesPlease note this stone is of the calcium amphibole subgroup.
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