13 Apr 2011
10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street
Antiquities including Property from the Collection of Sir Daniel Donohue
Back to auction 18817
Antiquities including Property from the Collection of Sir Daniel Donohue
Back to auction 18817
A miscellaneous group of Egyptian, Greek and Roman antiquities
Predynastic Egypt -Roman Period and later
Including an Egyptian green schist palette of irregular ovoid form with double bird-head finial, 6½in (16.5cm) and a pottery bowl, Predynastic Egypt; a polychrome wood boatman, 5½in (14cm) and a fragment of a pottery funerary cone, with impressed face, Egypt, New Kingdom, 2in (5cm) long; a glazed composition shabti, Third Intermediate Period, 3¼in (8cm); and various Romano-Egyptian terracotta fragments (a lot)
Predynastic Egypt -Roman Period and later
Including an Egyptian green schist palette of irregular ovoid form with double bird-head finial, 6½in (16.5cm) and a pottery bowl, Predynastic Egypt; a polychrome wood boatman, 5½in (14cm) and a fragment of a pottery funerary cone, with impressed face, Egypt, New Kingdom, 2in (5cm) long; a glazed composition shabti, Third Intermediate Period, 3¼in (8cm); and various Romano-Egyptian terracotta fragments (a lot)
Sold for
£4,560
inc. premium
Footnotes
- Provenance:
UK Private Collection, inherited from the vendor's father, who collected in the Middle East where he grew up and later worked, between 1940-1970.
Category: Antiquities
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