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Magnificent Early Egyptian Figural Milk Jug
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Pre AD 1000 item# 345347 (stock# 1157)
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Griffin Gallery Ancient Art
tel.561-994-0811 fax.561-994-1855
$14,000
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A rare vessel. A spouted feminoform Nile-Silt Milk Vase, Early XVIII Dynasty, Egypt 1550 - 1307 BCE. 12" high with custom stand, intact and in excellent condition. Anthropomorphic milk jug fashioned with facial features and arms cradling breasts-spouts. The finds of Nile-silt vessels such as this one are described in great detail in Collin A. Hope's, Egyptian Pottery (Shire Publications LTD 1987) An artifact of almost identical characteristics, part of the collection of the Petrie Muse ...click for details
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Syrian Limestone Altar
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Pre AD 1000 item# 907758 (stock# 1572)
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Griffin Gallery Ancient Art
tel.561-994-0811 fax.561-994-1855
$4,200
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Impressive Syrian Limestone Altar, ca. 3rd - 2nd Century BCE. Recessed top for placing incense and high relief of flying griffin on front. Tapered body standing on four triangular legs. In excellent condition. 4" x 4" x 4" Ex: Estate of George Halpern, New York, acquired from Charles Ede, Ltd. London, 1972. The first reference to an altar is the one built by Noah after the flood (Gen. 8:20) Abraham is the next builder of altars, the first three related to his circuit of wanderings ...click for details
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