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Lot 45: AN  EGYPTIAN  GREEN  PERIDOTITE  HEAD  OF  A  MAN,  LATE  18TH/  EARLY  19TH  DYNASTY,  PROBABLY  REIGN  OF  HOREMHAB,  1319-1292  B.C.

Est: $80,000 USD - $120,000 USDSold:
Sotheby'sNew York, NY, USDecember 06, 2012

Item Overview

Description

PROPERTY  FROM  THE  COLLECTION  OF  DENYS  SUTTON
wearing  a  ribbed  double  wig  with  echeloned  curls  in  front  and  lobed  bands  radiating  from  the  crown,  striated  curls  framing  the  forehead,  his  broad  face  with  full  outlined  lips,  straight  nose,  almond-shaped  eyes  with  pronounced  upper  lids  and  delicate  incised  folds,  and  long  tapering  contoured  eyebrows  in  relief.
Height  4  1/4    in.      10.8  cm.

Literature

Country Life, vol. CXXXII[3411], July 19th, 1962, supplement, p. 27
Jaromir Malek, with Diana Magee and Elizabeth Miles, Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Statues, Reliefs, and Paintings, vol. VIII, Oxford, 1999, no. 801-654-010.

Provenance

Ashburnham Collection, probably Lord Bertram Ashburnham (1797-1878), Viscount St. Asaph and 4th Earl Ashburnham, or a descendant
The Trustees of the Ashburnham Settled Estates and the Executors of Lady Catherine Ashburnham (Sotheby's, London, June 8th, 1953, no. 17)
Spink & Son, Ltd., London
Denys Sutton (1917-1991), London, acquired from the above on August 31st, 1962
by descent to the present owner

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