Description : TWO EGYPTIAN TERRACOTTA FIGURES
ROMAN PERIOD, CIRCA 1ST-3RD CENTURY A.D.
including Harpokrates depicted as a naked child, holding a jar, his right
index finger extended to his lips, 16cm, and a seated figure of Baubo
wearing a short tunic, with raised arms and legs drawn inwards, both
bases with typed collection labels: ‘Miss E Reid, who travelled with her
friend, Sir Ernest Wallis Budge to Egypt circa 1898-1901,’ 12cm high
(2)
Provenance:
Fritz M. Gross (1895-1969) Collection. Thence by descent.
The Viennese-trained architect and artist formed his collection of
antiquities in the UK during the 1950s. He was also a renowned
collector of Impressionist paintings and in 1990 the Ashmolean,
Oxford, exhibited ‘Impressionist and Modern: The Art and Collection of
Fritz Gross’ which displayed parts of his collection alongside some of
his own work.
Collection of Miss E. Reid, circa 1898-1901.
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