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LOT 0417
Very Large Egyptian Expedition Lithograph of the Temple of Edfou
EARLY 19TH CENTURY A.D.
41 1/2 x 27 1/4 in. (216 grams, 105.5 x 69.5 cm).
Proof etching on laid paper of plate 54 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 Edfou. (Apollinopolis magna. Coupe longitudinale du grand temple.
ProvenanceFrom 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). The temple at Edfu in Upper Egypt is dedicated to Horus and was built during the Ptolemaic Period. It remains one of the best-preserved temples in Egypt.
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LOT 0417
Very Large Egyptian Expedition Lithograph of the Temple of Edfou
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
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Egyptian Coptic Textile Fragment Group
Circa 4th-6th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
Comprising: terminal part of a clavus connected by a thin band to the missing orbiculus in red granate and coarse linen, S torsion, embroidered with stylised birds and palmettes; fragment of fabric, embroidered with two segments, in black, red granate and white wool, over a coarse linen background; the internal part of the segments decorated with motifs of running hares, the linen background with opposed running black hares. 61 grams total including package, 23-23.5 cm
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
The clavus and orbiculus ornamented a tunic of white linen, often given to soldiers or member of the military class. The stylised birds possibly represent swans. -
Egyptian Bronze Osiris Statuette
Late-Ptolemaic Period, circa 664-30 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,300
Modelled in the round as a characteristically mummiform standing figure with arms crossed and holding the crook and flail regalia, wearing the hedjet crown and uraeus. 136 grams, 13.5 cm
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
Osiris is a deity associated with death and fertility, widely acknowledged as the supreme god of rebirth. Although he was once a mortal ruler, as a deity, his domain was the Underworld. Abydos served as the primary cult site of Osiris’s worship, where a renowned annual celebration in his honour took place. -
Egyptian Stone Scarab with Hieroglyphs
Late Period, 664-332 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Incised detailing for the head and legs, hieroglyphs on the underside. 2.58 grams, 16 mm
Ex Simmons gallery, 1990s.
