Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art

Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art

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A Fragmentary Egyptian Limestone Sculptor's Model, Ptolemaic Period, 304-30 B.C.

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Lot closes

July 5, 02:27 PM GMT

Estimate

10,000 - 15,000 GBP

Starting Bid

8,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

An Egyptian Limestone Sculptor's Model

Ptolemaic Period, 304-30 B.C.


carved in shallow relief on one side with a falcon, sacred to the god Horus, striding with head erect, the elaborate eye markings finely engraved, and on the other side with the lower part of the head of a king, a demotic inscription inked across the neck, another shorter one below the chin.

Height 15.1 cm.

private collection, Belgium, acquired prior to 1980

Charles Ede Ltd., London

acquired by the present owner from the above in 2015

For a related example see a relief fragment in New York (the Metropolitan Museum of Art no 07.228.12, https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/558375).

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