ID 1248331
Lot 3 | TWO EGYPTIAN LIMESTONE RELIEF FRAGMENTS FOR NIANKHMIN
Estimate value
£ 80 000 – 120 000
OLD KINGDOM, 5TH DYNASTY, REIGN OF UNAS, CIRCA 2345-2315 B.C.
48 1/2 in. (123cm.) x 20 1/4 in. (51.4 cm) and 41 in. (104 cm) x 28 in. (71 cm)
Provenance
with Alexander Sandmeier, Göttingen (Galerie Ägyptischer Kunst Göttingen, no. 6, 1975).
Belgian private collection, Mr A., acquired from the above; thence by descent.
Literature
E. Porter and R. L. B. Moss, J. Málek (ed.), Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs and Paintings, III, Memphis, Part II, Saqqara to Dashur, Oxford, 1978, no. 804-014-503.
E. Gubel, Van Nijl tot Schelde; Du Nil à l'Escaut, exhibition catalogue, Brussels, 1991, pp. 65-67, no. 60.
Exhibited
Bank Brussel Lambert, Brussels, 5 April - 9 June 1991.
| Art style: | Ancient Art |
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| Place of origin: | Ancient Egypt, Egypt, Africa |
| Auction house category: | Ancient Art & Antiquities |
| Art style: | Ancient Art |
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| Place of origin: | Ancient Egypt, Egypt, Africa |
| Auction house category: | Ancient Art & Antiquities |
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