Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art
Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art
AN EGYPTIAN GRAYWACKE FIGURE OF A MAN, 12TH DYNASTY, 1938-1759 B.C.
Auction Closed
July 2, 04:42 PM GMT
Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
AN EGYPTIAN GRAYWACKE FIGURE OF A MAN, 12TH DYNASTY, 1938-1759 B.C.
striding and resting his hands on the front of his long horizontally-pleated kilt, its decorated upper fringe folded at the waist and visible adjacent to the narrow slightly tapering back-pillar.
Height 22.2 cm.
Charles Dikran Kelekian (1900-1982) , New York
Florida private collection, Boca Raton, acquired from the above (Sotheby’s, New York, December 7th, 2001, no. 18, illus.)
acquired at the above sale by the present owner
For another Middle Kingdom statue wearing a very similar garment cf. J. Vandier, La statuaire égyptienne, Paris, 1958, pl. LXXVIII, 5 (University Museum Philadelphia 9216: https://www.penn.museum/collections/object_images.php?irn=34138#image1).
Also compare E. Delange, Catalogue des statues égyptiennes du Moyen Empire, 1060-1560 J.-C., Musée du Louvre, Paris, pp. 162-163, E. 12683.
From the same Florida collection in the Sotheby's, New York, December 7th, 2001 sale were lots 26 and 229, with the Kelekian inv. nos. T.1999 and T.2789, respectively.