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LOT 0648
Very Large Egyptian Expedition Lithograph of Views of Alexandria
EARLY 19TH CENTURY A.D.
41 1/8 x 27 1/8 in. (259 grams, 104.5 x 69 cm).
Proof etching on laid paper of plate 88 from 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 1. Vue du port neuf en mer du cote du nord. 2. Vue du port vieux prise en rade du cote du sud-ouest.
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).
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LOT 0648
Very Large Egyptian Expedition Lithograph of Views of Alexandria
Estimate £80 - 100€93 - 116 (for guidance only)$108 - 135 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£40 (EUR 46; USD 54) +BP*
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Egyptian Pale Blue Glazed Hieroglyphic Shabti
Third Intermediate Period, 22nd Dynasty, circa 945-715 B.C.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Mummiform figure with a high-relief bag wig, a top sash band, facial details, tools, a seed bag, and hieroglyphs on the lower body in black. 42 grams, 11.6 cm
with a privately curated collection, 1980s-early 2000s. From the private collection and estate of Christine Simons (1943-2025), West Midlands, UK. -
Egyptian Faience Mummy Bead Necklace String
Late Period-Ptolemaic Period, circa 664-30 B.C.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Composed of green- and blue-glazed disc and tubular beads, restrung. 8.03 grams, 60 cm
Excavated from Egypt in 1914. From the private collection of Mr David Sams and his wife Elizabeth Kate Sams, gentry and amateur archaeologists who travelled to Egypt in 1914 with their daughter Ethel. Mr Sams and his wife led digging expeditions from which these items come from the family estate of Mr and Mrs Sams, by direct descent to their granddaughter. -
Egyptian Terracotta Pseudo-Hathor Votive Jug
1st millennium B.C.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Formed as a model janiform jug with loop handles (one absent), a spout, and addorsed masks of Hathor with hatched detailing on the hair, arms bent below the face, and hands cupping the breasts; repaired and mounted on a custom-made stand. 192 grams total, 10.2 cm high including stand
From a Hastings, Kent, UK, antiques dealer, (shop closed 2009). with Burstow & Hewett, 2024. Acquired by the current owner from the above. Accompanied by a copy of an illustrated academic report by Simone Musso.
