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Dealer · Collector

Elsa Bloch-Diener

1922–2012 · Switzerland

Art dealer and collector. Dealt at Bern.

Life and work

  1. 1968–1985
    Acquired the antiquities later sold in 2022 from her estate by Jean-David Cahn AG, Basel (acquired between 1968 and 1983 for some lots, 1972 and 1985 for others)

    BernAG 2022

  2. 1974
    Appears as 'Bloch Diener, E.' in the buyers' index of a Sotheby & Co. antiquities sale of 1974

    LondonEgyptian, Western Asiatic, Greek,… 1974, p. 150

  3. 2012
    Died; her estate was later sold at auction

    BernAG 2022

Sources

  1. 1.Jean-David Cahn AG (2022). Animals & Hybrids. Basel. Online
  2. 2.Elsa Bloch-Diener. Antike Kunst. Bern. Online
  3. 3.Ian McPhee (1987). Greek Red-Figured Fish-Plates. Basel. Online
  4. 4. (1974). Egyptian, Western Asiatic, Greek, Etruscan and Roman antiquities, also Isnik pottery. London, Sotheby & Co.. Online
  5. 5. (1997). Minerva: International Review of Ancient Art & Archaeology. Aurora Publications. Online