Hippopotamus
Middle Kingdom
Black-green faience.
H 3.7 cm L 6.8 cm
Hippopotamus with barrel-shaped body and columnar legs. The head is tilted forward, the mouth indicated by a notch, eyes and ears are modelled. The tail is placed between the hind legs. Intact.
cf.
H. Kayser, Ägyptisches Kunsthandwerk, Braunschweig 1969, no. 133
Provenance
German private collection H. S., prior to that English collection circa 1900.
Accompanied by an Art Loss Register certificate.
Price
€ 19,000
Item
7461