ID 859567
Lot 5 | TWO EGYPTIAN RED JASPER INLAYS
Estimate value
£ 20 000 – 30 000
NEW KINGDOM, LATE 18TH DYNASTY, CIRCA 1333-1292 B.C.
The face: 21 mm high; the arm: 28 mm long.
Provenance
By repute Howard Carter (1874-1939), based on the inscription on the back of the mount
A. Ingram collection, U.K.
Antiquities, Sotheby's, London, 15 July 1980, lot 347.
Property of a private foundation.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Literature
J. A. Speers (ed.), Art at Auction. The Year at Sotheby Parke Bernet 1979-80, New York, 1980, p. 404.
C. E. Loeben, 'Two elements of Relief Inlay', in Ancient Egypt. Masterpieces from Collectors and Collections, 10th edition of the Brussels Ancient Art Fair, 2012, pp. 78-79.
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