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LOT 0411
Phoenician Bronze Statuette of Baal
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.
2 3/4 in. (21.4 grams, 71 mm).
Modelled striding on an oval base, wearing a long kilt, broad collar, short wig and tall headdress, his right hand raised and touching the headdress; remains of suspension loop behind the headdress.
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
LiteratureCf. Andrews, C., Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London, 1994, p. 17, fig. 12b, for discussion and example.
FootnotesThe raised arm of this figure would originally have held a spear characteristic of Inhert.
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Opening Bid: £350
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Very Large Egyptian Expedition Lithograph of Elephantine Island
Early 19th century A.D.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Proof etching on laid paper of plate 31 from Vol.I of Description de l'Égypte : ou, Recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l'expédition de l'armée française. entitled Ile d'Eléphantine et Syène. Plan général de l'Île d'Eléphantine, de Syène, et des carrières de granit exploitées par les Anciens Egyptiens. 223 grams, 105.5 x 69 cm
From the collection of a North American priest. Acquired between 1981-1996. Property of a North American collector.
Produced between February 1802 and 1830 on the orders of Napoleon Bonaparte; published between 1809 and 1828. Just 1,000 copies were distributed to various institutions, printed on laid paper with an 'Égypte ancienne et moderne' watermark. The book is subtitled Recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l’expédition de l’Armée française, publié par les ordres de Sa Majesté l’Empereur Napoléon le Grand (Gathering of observations and discoveries which were made in Egypt during the expedition of the French army, published on the orders of His Majesty the Emperor Napoleon the Great). It was the world's first encyclopedia devoted exclusively to the remains of ancient Egypt. The plates of this book are the first to present the archaeological sites of Thebes (Luxor). Elephantine Island holds archaeological remains that span the entire history of ancient Egypt. Syene is the Greek name for the ancient Egyptian city of Swennet, now known as Aswan.
