Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art
Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art
Property from a Swiss Private Collection
A Large Egyptian Bronze and Wood Figure of an Ibis, Late Period, 716-30 B.C.
Auction Closed
December 5, 03:41 PM GMT
Estimate
40,000 - 70,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
sacred to the god Thoth, seated with long legs and talons stretched before it, its wooden body covered in gesso and pigment, and tail feathers engraved.
23.6 by 38 cm.
South American private collection, acquired in the third quarter of the last century (J.C. Naón & Cía S.A., Buenos Aires, November 28th-December 5th, 2007, no. 720, illus.)
Ivey-Selkirk, St Louis, Missouri, March 22nd, 2010, no. 591, illus. (with provenance listed as "J.J. Klejman Galleries, 1953")
Rupert Wace Ancient Art, London, acquired at the above sale
Charles Ede, Ltd., London
acquired from the above by the present owner at Tefaf Maastricht in March 2011
Published
Charles Ede Ltd., London, Egyptian Antiquities, vol. CXXVIII, 2011