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Lot Description

Two Egyptian Wood Arms

Middle Kingdom, 12th Dynasty, 1991-1783 B.C.

Length of longest 10 5/16 inches (26.2 cm).

Property from an Important Midwestern Scholar

Provenance:
Édouard Louis Joseph, Baron Empain (1852-1929), France.
Christie's, London, Antiquities, 14 April 2011, Lots 17 & 33.
Royal Athena Galleries, New York, January 2012 (Art of the Ancient World, Vol. XXIII, no. 90, p. 85).
Acquired by the present owner from the above in 2013.

Condition Report

Length of other 5 7/8 inches (14.7 cm).

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