Skip to main content

This auction has ended. View lot details

You may also be interested in

Own a similar item?

Submit your item online for a free auction estimate.

Lot 213

An Egyptian polychrome wood figure of a man

7 July 2016, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £3,750 inc. premium

Own a similar item?

Submit your item online for a free auction estimate.

How to sell

Looking for a similar item?

Our Antiquities specialists can help you find a similar item at an auction or via a private sale.

Find your local specialist
An Egyptian polychrome wood figure of a man
Middle Kingdom, circa 2133-1797 B.C.
Stepping forth on the left leg, the arms held tightly to the sides, with pierced clenched fists, the flesh painted brick red with blackened short wig, finely detailed eyes and white kilt, 30cm high

Footnotes

Provenance:
Dutch private collection, acquired in 2006.
Bonhams, London, 27 April 2006, lot 7.
UK private collection, inherited in 1978 from the owner's father, Geoffrey McDermott, who originally purchased them from the estate of Ralph Huntingdon Blanchard in Cairo in 1946.
Accompanied by a copy of a Blanchard invoice dated 16 August 1946, listed as Wooden statue P.1500.

Additional information

Bid now on these items

A Mesopotamian clay cuneiform foundation cone with dedication inscription of King Lipit-Ishtar of Isin

A small Mesopotamian clay cuneiform foundation cone inscribed for King Sin-Kashid of Uruk

A Neo-Assyrian or Neo-Hittite bronze helmet with pelta-shaped cheek-pieces

An Attic pottery tankard with geometric decoration

A Greek pottery alabastron in the form of a greaved leg

A Greek terracotta female figure with a bird perched on her shoulder