A WEDGWOOD & BENTLEY BLACK BASALT ENCAUSTIC-DECORATED CANOPIC JAR AND A ROSSO ANTICO CANOPIC JAR AND COVER

Lot 68
23.10.2024 18:00UTC +00:00
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£ 21 420
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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Lot 68 | A WEDGWOOD & BENTLEY BLACK BASALT ENCAUSTIC-DECORATED CANOPIC JAR AND A ROSSO ANTICO CANOPIC JAR AND COVER
Estimate value
£ 4 000 – 6 000
The basalt example modelled in one piece, with the head of a pharaoh, painted in red-orange 'encaustic' in the Egyptian taste with birds, a large scarab beetle, birds and other animals, the reverse with gods, including Anubis, the rosso antico example with the cover modelled as an Egyptian bust wearing a headdress, the jar decorated with bands of Signs of the Zodiac, Hieroglyphics and Egyptian Gods, above scroll and lotus pedestals, on a domed spirally-moulded foot and square plinth base decorated with dentil ornament
The first 141/4 in. (36.3cm.) high; the second 105/8 in. (27cm.) high
Address of auction CHRISTIE'S
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