Auction 16 Part 1
FINE ANCIENT ART, ANTIQUITIES & JEWELLERY
By Apollo Art Auctions
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Saturday, Mar 29, 13:00
63-64 Margaret St. London, W1W 8SW
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Apollo Art Auctions is proud to announce the Fine Ancient Art, Antiquities & Jewellery auction. Commencing on the 29th of March at 1 p.m. GMT. The auction showcases an excellent array of excellent marbles, jewellery, seals and antiquities from the Egyptian, Roman, Greek, Viking, Medieval and Western Asiatic cultures. The sale will be held live at our Central London showroom, 63 - 64 Margaret Street, W1W 8SW, and online via the Apollo Art Auctions platform at 1 p.m. GMT. All lots will be available for preview at our central London showroom by appointment only from the 24th ? 28th March 2025, between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. Our white-gloved team professionally handles all items preparing them for in-house shipping.
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LOT 4:
EGYPTIAN BRONZE DAGGER WITH A POMMEL MADE FROM HIPPOPOTAMUS TOOTH
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Start price:
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Estimated price :
£6,000 - £10,000
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EGYPTIAN BRONZE DAGGER WITH A POMMEL MADE FROM HIPPOPOTAMUS TOOTH
Middle Kingdom, 12th - 15th Dynasty, Ca. 1991-1640 BC. A bronze dagger with a pointed blade and a raised midrib, inserted into the separately cast hilt and attached by rivets. The hilt, with an arched guard tapering along the sides of the blade, features an openwork pommel flaring to secure the circular openwork hippopotamus tooth terminal, riveted in place. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 11.150.16; The Louvre Museum, Inventory Number E 22895. A similar example sold for USD 39,400 at Christie's, Live Auction 1915, Antiquities, 6 December 2007, Lot 12. Size: 495mm x 95mm; Weight: 760g Provenance: Private collection, London, UK; Ex. C. E. Schultze collection, Germany, late 1980s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter. This piece is accompanied by an authentication report from Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition.
