Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art
Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art
Property formerly in the Collection of Jan Mitchell
An Egyptian Lapis Lazuli Figure of Maat, 25th/26th Dynasty, 750-525 B.C.
Lot Closed
July 7, 03:19 PM GMT
Estimate
6,000 - 9,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property formerly in the collection of Jan Mitchell
Egyptian Lapis Lazuli Figure of Maat
25th/26th Dynasty, 750-525 B.C.
personification of Truth, seated and wearing an enveloping cloak and tripartite wig with tenon for attachment of her missing ostrich feather headdress, her broad finely carved face with full lips and large wide-set eyes.
Height: 4.8 cm.
private collection, early 20th Century (based on old Egyptian wood base illustrated in 1966 catalogue)
Hagop Kavorkian (1872-1962), New York (Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, Art of the Near East and the Orient. Classical Antiquities. Property of the Kevorkian Foundation., November 4th-5th, 1966, no. 202, illus.)
Jan Mitchell (1913-2009), New York
by descent to the present owner