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LOT 0014
Egyptian Wooden Painted Mask
LATE NEW KINGDOM, 1350-1070 B.C.
12 3/4 in. (1.14 kg, 32.5 cm high including stand).
A wooden funerary mask with finely delineated painted eyes and eyebrows on a gesso ground; holes to accept attachment pegs to the reverse; mounted on a custom-made display stand.
ProvenanceEx private Swiss collection, before 1960.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11600-199042.
Cf. similar item in the British Museum, London, under accession number EA46631.
FootnotesThe mask is typical of Phoenician-Punic production and likely had a funerary purpose.
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Egyptian Limestone Fragment with Face
Old Kingdom, 2686-2181 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £4,420
A carved limestone relief fragment with profile male head facing left, with close-cropped hair and detailed treatment of the eye, ear and mouth; inked inscription to the reverse 'E. H. Heckett.'; set in an old velvet-covered mount. 129 grams, 71 mm wide
From the estate of a deceased American, acquired between 1970-1989. with Bonham's, London, Knightsbridge, 28 October 2009, lot 23 [Part]. Accompanied by a copy of the relevant Bonhams catalogue pages. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11596-198972. -
Egyptian Cartonnage Foot Covering with Anubis
Ptolemaic Period-Roman Period, 305 B.C.-323 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £826
A polychrome painted cartonnage foot-case from a cartonnage mummy with two stylised bare feet to the upper face, each with a ankle panel with the god Anubis in jackal form with a flail over the shoulder, framed by geometric borders which continue around the perimeter of the foot cover; soles of polychrome chequered sandals to base. 295 grams, 25 cm wide
Fine condition.
Ex UK art market, 1970s. Property of a London gentleman. Accompanied by an academic report by Egyptologist Paul Whelan.
Foot-cases like this were part of group of cartonnage adornments for a mummy, which usually comprised a mask, broad collar, stomach cover, leg section, and foot-case. For a complete set found on a mummy from Abydos see Scott III, G.D., Ancient Egyptian Art at Yale, Yale, 1986, pp.160-161. -
Egyptian Osiris Statuette
Late Period, 664-525 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
A bronze statuette depicting the god Osiris, modelled standing on a sub-square base, wearing a tight-fitting mummiform garment and Atef crown, stylised facial detailing, false beard, hands positioned in front of chest holding the royal crook and flail; loop at base and to reverse. 36.5 grams, 76 mm high
From an old UK collection. From the private collection of Alf Baxendale (1941-2016) part 2, keen Egyptologist, member of the Egyptology Society, trustee of the Amarna Trust; thence by descent. Accompanied by a copy of his obituary published in Horizon, The Amarna Project and Amarna Trust newsletter, Issue 18, 2017, p.21, by Barry John Kemp, CBE, FBA, Professor Emeritus of Egyptology at the University of Cambridge and directing excavations at Amarna in Egypt.
