ID 888518
Lot 119 | AN EGYPTIAN FAIENCE SHABTI FOR IMHOTEP
Estimate value
$ 100 000 – 150 000
LATE PERIOD, 26TH DYNASTY, 664-525 B.C.
9 1/4 in. (23.4 cm.) high
Provenance
Henri Hoffmann (1823-1897), Paris, acquired by 1894.
with Maurice Delestre, Paris.
Charles Gillot (1853-1903), Paris, acquired from the above, 1895.
Ancienne Collection Charles Gillot (1853-1903), Christie's, Paris, 4-5 March 2008, lot 129.
with Phoenix Ancient Art, New York and Geneva, acquired from the above.
Acquired by the current owner from the above, 2022.
Literature
G. Legrain, Collection H. Hoffmann: Catalogue des antiquités égyptiennes, Objets en or et en argent, bronzes, pierres, ivoires et bois sculptés, terres cuites et terre émaillées, verres, tissus, etc., Paris, 1894, p. 74, no. 258.
| Applied technique: | Pottery |
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| Medium: | Ceramic, Faience |
| Art style: | Ancient Art |
| Historical era: | Late Period of Ancient Egypt |
| Place of origin: | Ancient Egypt, Egypt, Africa |
| Auction house category: | Ancient Art & Antiquities |
| Applied technique: | Pottery |
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| Medium: | Ceramic, Faience |
| Art style: | Ancient Art |
| Historical era: | Late Period of Ancient Egypt |
| Place of origin: | Ancient Egypt, Egypt, Africa |
| Auction house category: | Ancient Art & Antiquities |
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