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Egyptian Alabaster Trussed Duck Egyptian Alabaster Trussed Duck Egyptian Alabaster Trussed Duck Egyptian Alabaster Trussed Duck Egyptian Alabaster Trussed Duck Egyptian Alabaster Trussed Duck Egyptian Alabaster Trussed Duck Egyptian Alabaster Trussed Duck Egyptian Alabaster Trussed Duck
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LOT 0021

Egyptian Alabaster Trussed Duck

OLD KINGDOM, 6TH DYNASTY, CIRCA 2345-2181 B.C.

4 3/4 in. (354 grams, 12.2 cm (893 grams total including stand)).

Carved dressed and ready for consumption, with a plump, stylised form, head and neck resting along the animal's breast, simple linear incising delineating two folded wings to either side, circular recesses for eyes; mounted on a custom-made display stand; cleaned.

Provenance

Acquired before 1970.
Private French collection.
with Bonhams, New Bond Street, London, 29 April 2009, lot 58.
Ex Middle Eastern royal family, living in the UK, 2013-2017.

Accompanied by a copy of a French cultural passport no.099505.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.11841-206397.

Literature

Cf. The Brooklyn Museum, accession number 11.666, for similar; and Basel Museum, Switzerland; for examples of model offerings cf. D'Auria S., Mummies and Magic - The Funerary Arts of Ancient Egypt, Boston, 1988, p.93, fig.25.

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LOT 0021

Egyptian Alabaster Trussed Duck

Estimate £10,000 - 14,000€11,600 - 16,240 (for guidance only)$13,500 - 18,900 (for guidance only)

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