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LOT 0640
Large Egyptian Wooden Right Arm from Male Statuette
OLD KINGDOM, 2700-2200 B.C.
10 5/8 in. (160 grams, 27 cm).
Carved in acacia wood and preserved in its entirety, from an under-life-size male statuette; slender fingers forming a fist and originally holding a tool; attachment tenon at the inner shoulder.
ProvenanceEx Galerie Cybele, Paris, acquired in 1999.
with Binoche et Giquello auction, Paris, 20 March 2017, no.88.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.13474-263055.
Separately manufactured arms did not need to touch the body's sides or be stabilised by bars. Thus, the figure, which presumably stood upright with one leg advanced, was given a freer and more lifelike appearance.
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LOT 0640
Large Egyptian Wooden Right Arm from Male Statuette
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000€2,320 - 3,480 (for guidance only)$2,700 - 4,050 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£1,150 (EUR 1,334; USD 1,553) ‡+BP*
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Egyptian Terracotta Bulla with Royal Cartouche
New Kingdom, circa 1400-1292 B.C.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Discoid seal impression with one face preserving a partial impressed cartouche, the other side bearing the impression of a cord and linen. 1.92 grams, 17 mm
London, UK, art market, 1980s. Private collection, London, UK.
Clay seals were used to secure doors and containers holding valuable commodities and goods. The impression on the underside of this example indicates that it once sealed a linen bag or a linen lid cover. -
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Egyptian Faience Shabti of the Overseer of Royal Children Horirani
Late Period, 26th Dynasty, 664-525 B.C.Estimate: £600 - 800 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Mummiform figure standing on a square plinth, wearing a plain, long lappet wig and a long false beard, with a finely modelled face; crossed arms, the left hand holding a pick and the right a hoe and a cord belonging to a plain seed bag suspended over the left shoulder; three horizontal lines of hieroglyphic text on the lower body. 32.1 grams, 88 mm
Acquired from Portobello Road, 18th March 1967, for 30 shillings. From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s. Accompanied by an old handwritten information card by Peter Clayton, collection no.120. -
Large Egyptian Alabaster Alabastron
Late Period, 664-332 B.C.Estimate: £1,200 - 1,700 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £650
Elongated vessel widening slightly towards the flat base with broad, cylindrical neck; vertical rim to the mouth, probably slightly reground; two lateral knob handles. 867 grams, 15.5 cm
Body intact. Some dark discolourations.
Acquired from Galerie Arete, Zurich, 15 April 1988. Ex private collection, Therwil, Switzerland.
The veining of the finely polished alabaster underscores the vessel’s form; the interior is smoothed, but the base lacks the same polish as the wall and was either reground or not polished in the first place.
