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Sotheby’s Sale of Antiquities Exceeding Expectations yesterday

New York, NY – Yesterday, before a standing-room-only crowd, Sotheby’s sale of Antiquities totalled $8,899,377, exceeding the high estimate of $6.9 million. Richard M. Keresey and Florent Heintz, experts in charge of the sale said, “We were very gratified...

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Tags: limestone, egyptian, 18th Dynasty, greywacke, Assyrian, Cycladic, Ptolemaic, Sumerian, Tell el-Amarna, late 26th30th Dynasty

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20 octobre 2008

An Egyptian greywacke Bes head. Late Period, circa 664-332 B.C.

An Egyptian greywacke Bes head. Late Period, circa 664-332 B.C. Of typical form, with a finely striated beard, the smiling lips parted to reveal teeth, with a snub nose and large oval eyes with extended cosmetic lines, the pointed eyebrows upraised, with...

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Tags: egyptian, Late Period, circa 664-332 B.C., Bes, greywacke

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20 octobre 2008

An Egyptian indurated limestone figure of Taueret. 26th Dynasty, circa 664-525 B.C.

An Egyptian indurated limestone figure of Taueret. 26th Dynasty, circa 664-525 B.C. The goddess in typical pose, with swollen belly and pendulous breasts, wearing a striped tripartite wig and broad collar, an incised crocodile tail running down her back,...

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Tags: limestone, egyptian, Taueret. 26th Dynasty, circa 664-525 B.C.

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20 octobre 2008

An Egyptian green glazed composition statuette of a baboon. Late Period, 26th-30th Dynasties, circa 664-332 B.C.

An Egyptian green glazed composition statuette of a baboon. Late Period, 26th-30th Dynasties, circa 664-332 B.C. Finely moulded with arched brow, and striated details of the fur around the head, with slender eyes and a pronounced snout with incised side...

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Tags: green glazed, egyptian, Late Period, 26th-30th Dynasties, baboon, circa 664-332 B.C.

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20 octobre 2008

An Egyptian bronze figure of Osiris. Late Period, after 600 B.C.

An Egyptian bronze figure of Osiris. Late Period, after 600 B.C. Wearing the atef crown, with frontal uraeus, holding the crook and flail, the false beard with incised details and chin straps, the broad collar with a decorative tab at the back, 7¼in (18.4cm)...

Posté par Alain Truong à 20:18 - Commentaires […] - Permalien [#]

Tags: bronze, egyptian, Osiris, Late Period, after 600 B.C.

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20 octobre 2008

A large Egyptian bronze figure of Isis and Horus. Third Intermediate - Late Period, circa 747-525 B.C.

A large Egyptian bronze figure of Isis and Horus. Third Intermediate - Late Period, circa 747-525 B.C. The goddess shown seated suckling the infant Horus, wearing the lunar disc with horns, the tripartite wig with finely incised details, the close fitting...

Posté par Alain Truong à 20:09 - Commentaires […] - Permalien [#]

Tags: bronze, egyptian, Horus, Isis, Third Intermediate - Late Period, circa 747-525 B.C.

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20 octobre 2008

An Egyptian bronze figure of Maat. Late Period, after 700 B.C.

An Egyptian bronze figure of Maat. Late Period, after 700 B.C. Shown seated, with recessed eyes, wearing a tripartite wig with a hole in the crown for insertion of her symbol, the feather of Truth, 41/8in (10.5cm) high, mounted. Sold for £6,600 Provenance...

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Tags: bronze, egyptian, Late Period, Maat, after 700 B.C.

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19 octobre 2008

An Egyptian yellow jasper face inlay. New Kingdom, circa 1550-1070 B.C.

An Egyptian yellow jasper face inlay. New Kingdom, circa 1550-1070 B.C. Probably from a composite royal figure, in profile to the left, with full lips and aquiline nose, the large eye with extended cosmetic line and curved brow above, both recessed for...

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Tags: New Kingdom, egyptian, circa 1550-1070 B.C., yellow jasper

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19 octobre 2008

An Egyptian turquoise glass male head inlay. Probably Ptolemaic, circa 3rd-1st Centuries B.C.

An Egyptian turquoise glass male head inlay. Probably Ptolemaic, circa 3rd-1st Centuries B.C. Of opaque glass, the profile head facing right, with long slender eyebrow and extended eyeline, with large fleshy earlobe, the broad neck with rounded base,...

Posté par Alain Truong à 17:48 - Commentaires […] - Permalien [#]

Tags: egyptian, circa 3rd-1st Centuries B.C, male head inlay. Probably Ptolemaic, turquoise glass

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19 octobre 2008

An Egyptian limestone stelophorous statue fragment. New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, circa 1550-1295 B.C.

An Egyptian limestone stelophorous statue fragment. New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, circa 1550-1295 B.C. Preserving the lower half of a kneeling figure, wearing a long white ankle-length kilt with waist-band, the ankles, feet and belly painted reddish brown,...

Posté par Alain Truong à 17:40 - Commentaires […] - Permalien [#]

Tags: limestone, New Kingdom, egyptian, 18th Dynasty, circa 1550-1295 B.C, stelophorous statue fragment

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