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LOT 0465
Original Framed Photographs of Egyptian Monuments
1922 A.D.
18 1/8 x 14 in. (4.6 kg total, 46 x 35.5 cm each).
Group of four original photographs, each in a glazed wooden frame: (1) Karnak: Gateway of Ptolemy III Euergetes and Ptolemy IV Philopator at the Precinct of Montu (2) Obelisks at Karnak, on the right erected by Thutmose I (reign c. 1520 - 1492 BCE) and on the left by Hatshepsut (1479-1458 BCE) (3) Column of Taharqa, Karnak Temple (4) Karnak temple columns with hieroglyphs. [4, No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of a North Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.
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