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PLASTIC ARYBALL IN THE SHAPE OF A HEDGEHOG, MADE OF FAÏENCE
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PLASTIC ARYBALL IN THE SHAPE OF A HEDGEHOG, MADE OF FAÏENCE
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Estimate €1,500 - €2,500
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Description
PLASTIC ARYBALL IN THE SHAPE OF A HEDGEHOG, MADE OF FAÏENCE
Greco-Egyptian art, 6th century BC
A sculptural, turquoise-glazed aryballe in the shape of a hedgehog resting on a rectangular base; the body is topped by a neck flanked by a handle, with the details of the fur rendered by a reticulated ‘diamond-point’ pattern.
Height: 6 cm
Provenance: Former collection of Günter Grimm (1940–2010)
Pierre Bergé & Associés, Paris, 1 December 2011: lot 168 (ill.)
Christian Levett Collection, Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins
Exhibitions: Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, June 2011–August 2023 (Inv. no. MMoCA781)
Animal, Mougins Museum of Classical Art (MACM), Mougins, France, 26 February 2016–19 June 2016
Bibliography: Pierre Bergé & Associés, Archaeology, Paris, 1 December 2011, lot 168
C. Dauphin, Animals in the Ancient World. The Levett Bestiary, Levett Collection Series 2, France, 2014, pp. 43 and 91
C. Dauphin, Animals in the Ancient World. The Levett Bestiary, Levett Collection Series 2, France, 2016, p. 38, fig. 32 and p. 81
A Graeco-Egyptian faience hedgehog aryballos,
6th century BC
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