Property from an English Private Collection
Two Red Jasper Inlays, late 18th Dynasty, reign of Tutankhamun/Horemhab, 1332-1292 B.C.
Auction Closed
December 7, 04:32 PM GMT
Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from an English Private Collection
Two Red Jasper Inlays, late 18th Dynasty
reign of Tutankhamun/Horemhab, 1332-1292 B.C.
comprising the face and left arm of a composite ♏royal figure, the finely carved face with full lips and eye and eyebrow recessed for further inlay, his hand extended in an offering gesture.
Height of🦩 face 2.1 cm ; length of arm 2.8 cm.
reputedly Howard Carter (1874-1939), based on the i💛nscription on the back of the mount
A. Ingram Collec𓄧tion, ♛United Kingdom (Sotheby's, London, 15 July 15th, 1980, no. 347, illus.)
property of a private foundation
acquired from the above by the present owner
Published
Joan A. Speers, ed., Art at Auction. The Year at Sotheby Parke Bernet 1979-80, New York, 1980, p. 404
Christian E. Loeben, "Two elements of Relief Inlay", in Ancient Egypt. Masterpieces from Collectors and Collections, 10th edition of the Brussel🔜s Ancient Art Fair, 2012, pp. 78-79