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Two Egyptian terracotta figures 2
7 July 2016, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street£1,000 - £1,200
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Two Egyptian terracotta figures
Roman Period, circa 1st-3rd Century A.D.
including Harpokrates depicted as a naked child, holding a jar, his right index finger extended to his lips, 16cm; and a seated figure of Baubo wearing a short tunic, with raised arms and legs drawn inwards, both bases with typed collection labels: 'Miss E Reid, who travelled with her friend, Sir Ernest Wallis Budge to Egypt circa 1898-1901,' 12cm high (2)
Roman Period, circa 1st-3rd Century A.D.
including Harpokrates depicted as a naked child, holding a jar, his right index finger extended to his lips, 16cm; and a seated figure of Baubo wearing a short tunic, with raised arms and legs drawn inwards, both bases with typed collection labels: 'Miss E Reid, who travelled with her friend, Sir Ernest Wallis Budge to Egypt circa 1898-1901,' 12cm high (2)
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Provenance:
Fritz M. Gross (1895-1969) Collection. Thence by descent.
The Viennese-trained architect and artist formed his collection of antiquities in the UK during the 1950s. He was also a renowned collector of Impressionist paintings and in 1990 the Ashmolean, Oxford, exhibited 'Impressionist and Modern: The Art and Collection of Fritz Gross' which displayed parts of his collection alongside some of his own work.
Collection of Miss E. Reid, circa 1898-1901.
























