Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art Part II
Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art Part II
Property from the Collection of Peter Sharrer
An Egyptian Glazed Steatite Profile Head of an Asiatic, 18th/19th Dynasty, 1540-1190 B.C.
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Description
Property from the Collection of Peter Sharrer
An Egyptian Glazed Steatite Profile Head of an Asiatic
18th/19th Dynasty, 1540-1190 B.C.
wearing a large hoop earring, with striated beard, aquiline nose, and recessed almond-shaped eye.
Height 2.7 cm
This Lot has been withdrawn from the sale.
private collection, Europe, acquired between 1975 and 1983
acquired by the present owner in 2015
acquired by the present owner in 2015
“Yes, wonderful things”. Egyptian Art from 3000-100 B.C., Oliver Forge and Brendan Lynch, in collaboration with Claire Brown Art, London, 2022, cat. no. 28, illus.
It is possible that this object formed part of the handle of an implement; see for example the acacia wood spoon in the Musée du Louvre (N.1738), which depicts a bearded Syrian supporting a large amphora on his left shoulder (Edward Brovarski, et. al., Egypt's Golden Age: The Art of Living in the New Kingdom, Boston, 1982, pp. 208-209, cat. 245).