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LOT 0004
Egyptian Basalt Statue Base For The Priest Hor-sa-aseti
LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.
5 in. (9 7/8 in.) (1.37 kg, 12.9 cm (4.08 kg total, 25 cm including stand)).
Fragment of the rectangular base of a statue, preserving an integral pair of feet on the upper surface; lower end of dorsal column inscription at the rear with two hieroglyphs; below, a horizontal band of hieroglyphic text extending onto both short sides including part of an offering formula for the ḥm-nṯr ı͗wnw-smꜤ ḥr-sꜢ-Ꜣstı͗ (the priest [of the] Southern Heliopolis [i.e., Thebes], Hor-sa-aseti); old collectors' labels on the underside; supplied with a custom-made wooden display stand.
ProvenancePrivate New York, USA, collection, 1970.
Ex Adrian Burns, Columus, Ohio, USA, from an old estate collection.
Ex Art for Eternity gallery, New York, USA.
Ex Art Primativo, Auction 16, 2001, no.430.
Ex private New York, USA, collection.
Private collection, London, UK.
Accompanied by an academic report by Egyptologist Paul Whelan.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12832-240779.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Cf. The Petrie Museum of Egytpian Archaeology, inv. no.U.C.16576, for a similar basalt base.
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LOT 0004
Egyptian Basalt Statue Base For The Priest Hor-sa-aseti
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000€4,640 - 6,960 (for guidance only)$5,400 - 8,100 (for guidance only)
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