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 group of Egyptian antiquities
Third Intermediate - Late Period, circa 1069-332 B.C.
Including a glassy-blue glazed composition shabti, holding one hoe, with traces of inscription at the front and rear for Ankh-Hor, Governor of Upper Egypt, 26th Dynasty, 3½in (9cm); an Egyptian cartonnage fragment, curved for the feet, finely decorated with a polychrome falcon, Third Intermediate Period,9in (23cm) wide; a glazed composition amulet of a papyrus sceptre, an udjat eye and a Bes figure, ½in-2in (1.5cm-5.4cm) high (5)
Third Intermediate - Late Period, circa 1069-332 B.C.
Including a glassy-blue glazed composition shabti, holding one hoe, with traces of inscription at the front and rear for Ankh-Hor, Governor of Upper Egypt, 26th Dynasty, 3½in (9cm); an Egyptian cartonnage fragment, curved for the feet, finely decorated with a polychrome falcon, Third Intermediate Period,9in (23cm) wide; a glazed composition amulet of a papyrus sceptre, an udjat eye and a Bes figure, ½in-2in (1.5cm-5.4cm) high (5)
Sold for
£720
inc. premium
Footnotes
- Provenance:
Austrian private collection formed 1950s-early 1980s.
Literature:
For the Ankh-Hor shabti see H. Schneider, Shabtis, Part II, Leiden, 1977, p. 195-196, 4.5.1. 206-209 and Part III, Fig.31 XA4.
Category: Antiquities
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