About the lot N° 59
Title : A Large Egyptian Blue Glazed Faience Bead, Period : Amarna Period, 18th
Medium : FaienceSize : Length: 1 3/4 inches (4.44 cm)Provenance : Private collection of former French diplomat Noel Giron (1884–1941). Giron, (or Aime-Giron, as he called himself after his famous father, the poet and the editor of Le Figaro) was a graduate of the Ecole du Louvre, where he studied Egyptian, Demotic, and Coptic under Eugene Revillout. Giron also studied religious studies, history, classical philology, and modern oriental languages at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes de la Sorbonne. Giron originally planned to attend the Institut francais d'archeologie orientale and pursue an academic career, but he abandoned that plan and became a career diplomat in the French foreign ministry instead. He nevertheless maintained his scholarly interest in texts, especially inscriptions in languages as diverse as Arabic, Aramaic, Hebrew, Nabatean, Persian, Phoenician, and Greek. Although scholarship was but an avocation for him, he published several scholarly works. He published Legendes Coptes in 1907, and although the bibliographic record of his publications does not show it, he remained interested in the indigenous language of Egypt for the rest of his life.Condition report : Intact and in excellent condition overall.Sands of Time Ancient Art, auctioneer
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Sale title : Young (and Young at Heart) Collectors Auction of Ancient & Asian Art
Sale date : 23 Mar 2019
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