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LOT 0028
Egyptian Early Dynastic Gneiss Bowl
2ND-3RD DYNASTY, 2860-2640 B.C.
8 5/8 in. (1.4 kg, 22 cm wide).
Material also known as 'Chephren Diorite' carved with a flattened base and flaring, slightly convex sides with inward curving rim bevelled on the inside, single groove encircling the tondo; repaired.
Provenancewith Sotheby's, 17 December 1997, no.34.
Ex Rupert Wace Ancient Art, London, 1998.
Ex AS collection, London, UK.
Accompanied by a copy of the Rupert Wace Ancient Art invoice.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.12129-214106.
Cf. Flinders Petrie, W. M., Stone and Metal Vases, Warminster, 1977, pl XXII, nos. 378-9, for similar; Guidotti, M.C., Vasi dall’epoca protodinastica al Nuovo Regno, Museo Egizio di Firenze, Rome, 1991, p.79 (inv. no.3541), for a a comparable example with the same interior detailing of the rim.
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LOT 0028
Egyptian Early Dynastic Gneiss Bowl
Estimate £3,000 - 4,000€3,480 - 4,640 (for guidance only)$4,050 - 5,400 (for guidance only)
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Hollow-formed with finely modelled facial details, dark hair parted in the middle and drawn back to each side with a ringlet before each ear; narrow brow with painted eyebrows, lentoid eyes with dark irises; narrow nose and small pursed lips; impressions of bandaging on the rear where attached to mummy. 777 grams, 20 cm high
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Egyptian Faience Beaded Mummy Mask with Sons of Horus
Ptolemaic Period, 332-31 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £445
Restrung netted beadwork panel of annular and tubular glazed composition beads in blues, greens, black, cream and red-brown colours, depicting a mummy face mask with false beard, a scarab with extended wings below, the 'Four Sons of Horus’ beneath the scarab, joined together with areas of open netting of tubular beads; mounted in a glazed frame with papyrus backing. 127 grams, 28 cm
Previously with Mariaud de Serres, Paris, France. From a Paris gallery.
The Four Sons of Horus were deities responsible for protecting the internal organs of the deceased. The human-headed Imsety protected the liver, the baboon-headed Hapy protected the lungs, the jackal-headed Duamutef protected the stomach, and the falcon-headed Qebehsenuef protected the intestines. -
Egyptian Stone Alabastron
Late Old Kingdom, circa 2300 B.C.Estimate: £300 - 400 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
The body with rounded shoulders, convex outer face and pointed base, everted rim; accompanied by a custom-made display base. 34.2 grams, 48 mm high (48.9 grams, 55 mm including stand)
Acquired in Europe before 1994. European collection.
