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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.
ProvenanceAcquired 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.
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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Egyptian Alabaster Trussed Duck
Old Kingdom, 6th Dynasty, circa 2345-2181 B.C.Estimate: £10,000 - 14,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5,000
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. 354 grams, 12.2 cm (893 grams total including stand)
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. -
Egyptian Mounted Coptic Textile
Circa 5th-7th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Comprising a double band of purple wool over linen, the ornament consisting of a series of circles alternating with a star-shaped and rhomboid decoration. 152 grams, 42.5 x 34 cm
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
The large segments can be classified as clavi, although they are not part of a tunic but more possibly borders of a curtain, or a funerary sheet. Mantles and funerary shrouds were usually decorated by wide bands along the lower border, imitating the ornaments of tunics with clavi and orbiculi. -
Egyptian Hardstone and Faience Wedjat Eye Collection
Late Period, 664-332 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
Including examples with applied black detailing and openwork bands. 8.68 grams total, 12-21 mm
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
