Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art Part I
Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art Part I
Property of a Gentleman
An Egyptian Limestone Round-topped Stela, New Kingdom, probably early 18th Dynasty, circa 1540-1292 B.C.
Auction Closed
December 6, 03:36 PM GMT
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property of a Gentleman
An Egyptian Limestone Round-topped Stela
New Kingdom, probably early 18th Dynasty, circa 1540-1292 B.C.
carved in shallow relief with the goddesses Nekhbet and Hathor standing and flanking a table of offerings, each goddess holding a was-scepter and ankh, and wearing a long dress with shoulder-straps, armlet, collar and tripartite wig, inscriptions in the field, a winged disk above.
Height 29.5 cm.
William A. W. Stewart Sr., New York
William Stewart III (Sotheby's, New York, December 14th, 1978, no. 351, illus.)
Van Doren Gallery, San Francisco, acquired at the above sale
Charles Pankow collection (Sotheby's, New York, The Charles Pankow Collection of Egyptian Art, December 8th, 2004, no. 34, illus.)
acquired by the present owner at the above sale
Published
Egyptian Antiquities from the Charles Pankow Collection, San Francisco, 1981, p. 34, illus.