ID 1334749 
Lot 8  | AN EGYPTIAN LIMESTONE ROUND-TOPPED STELE FOR IRET-HOR-RU
Estimate value
£ 30 000 – 50 000 
PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 332-30 B.C.
20 in. (50.8 cm.) high
Provenance
U.S. private collection, New York.
Antiquities, Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, 19 May 1979, lot 325.
U.S. private collection, Pennsylvania.
Property from a Pennsylvania Private Collection; Antiquities, Sotheby's, New York, 6 June 2006, lot 75.
with Charles Ede, London, (Egyptian Antiquities, 2010, p. 16).
Acquired by the current owner from the above, 2010.
Literature
P. Clayton, "Ancient Egypt," in M. Merrony, ed., Mougins Museum of Classical Art, Mougins, 2011, p. 37, fig. 10.
M. Merrony, "L'Ancienne Egypte," in M. Merrony ed., Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins: La Collection Famille Levett, Mougins, 2012, p. 25.
Exhibited
Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins, 2011-2023 (Inv. no. MMoCA548).
| Medium: | Limestone, Stone | 
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| Place of origin: | Ancient Egypt, Egypt, Africa | 
| Auction house category: | Ancient Art & Antiquities | 
| Medium: | Limestone, Stone | 
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| Place of origin: | Ancient Egypt, Egypt, Africa | 
| Auction house category: | Ancient Art & Antiquities | 
| Address of auction | CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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