ID 1076496
Lot 4 | AN EGYPTIAN GESSO-PAINTED WOOD FUNERARY MODEL OF A BOAT
Estimate value
£ 80 000 – 120 000
MIDDLE KINGDOM, 11TH-12TH DYNASTY, 2087-1759 B.C.
31 ¼ in. (79.5 cm.) wide.
Provenance
Dannett Collection, Melbourne, Australia.
Antiquities, Leonard Joel Pty Ltd., Melbourne, 29 July 1949, lot 26.
Private collection, Australia, acquired from the above; thence by descent to Simon Waters and Pamela Turnbull, Melbourne.
The Property of Simon Waters and Pamela Turnbull; Antiquities, Christie's, London, 13 October 2008, lot 69.
Collection of Sheikh Saud al Thani (1966-2014), London.
with David Aaron Ancient Arts, London.
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 2020.
Literature
"Gods and Pharaohs in Rare Antique Works", The Herald, Australia, 26 July 1949, p. 7.
C. A. Hope and R. Miller, Life and Death in Ancient Egypt - Tjeby an Egyptian Mummy in the Museum of Victoria, 1984, pp. 10-11.
"C’est quoi cette oeuvre?" Mougins Infos, no. 75, September/October 2020, p. 27.
Exhibited
Melbourne, Museum of Victoria, 1984 - 1987.
Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins, 2020 - 2023 (Inv. no. MMoCA856).
| Medium: | Wood |
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| Art style: | Ancient Art |
| Place of origin: | Ancient Egypt, Egypt, Africa |
| Auction house category: | Ancient Art & Antiquities |
| Medium: | Wood |
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| Art style: | Ancient Art |
| Place of origin: | Ancient Egypt, Egypt, Africa |
| Auction house category: | Ancient Art & Antiquities |
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