À propos du lot
n° 14
Titre : A Bronze Figure of Nefertum, 26th/30th Dynasty, 664-343 B.C.
Dimensions : height 9 in. 23 cm. Provenance : Captain E.G. Spencer-Churchill (1876-1964), MC, Northwick Park, acquired in Cairo in 1910 (Christie's, London, June 21st, 1965, no. 426)private collection (Bonham's, London, April 26th, 2001, no. 175, illus.)Literature : Objects for Eternity, Egyptian Antiquities from the W. Arnold Meijer Collection, Carol A.R. Andrews and Jacobus van Dijk, eds., Mainz, 2006, pp. 192-193, no. 3.15, illus.Notes : The author notes (Objects for Eternity, p. 193): "As the son of Ptah and Sakhmet, Nefertem formed part of the Triad of Memphis. As god of the lotus, Nefertem's cult was connected with that of Re and his cult centre at Heliopolis because of a version of the creation myth where the sun god first appeared in a lotus on the waters of the Primordial Ocean." Edward George Spencer-Churchill was the son of Lord Edward Spencer-Churchill and Augusta Warburton, and first cousin of Winston Churchill . He was educated at Eton and Magdalen College, Oxford . Spencer - Churchill gained the rank of Captain in 1899 in the service of the Grenadier Guards , and fought in the Boer War between 1899 and 1901 and in the First World War between 1914 and 1918 . Wounded twice, he was decorated with the Croix de Guerre (avec Palmes) in 1919. He traveled widely, and wrote Tarpon Fishing in Mexico and Florida in 1906. In 1912 Captain Spencer-Churchill became Lord of Harrow Manor when he inherited that estate and its huge art collection, which he further expanded into one of national importance. At the time of his investiture he was left with two sets of death duties to pay, and perhaps with this financial commitment in mind he proposed a development of relatively expensive houses around the already-established Northwick Park Tennis and Social Club. Captain Spencer-Churchill died in 1964 at age 88. A number of his antiquities were acquired by the British Museum, and the remainder sold in June 1965 at Christie's London, in a landmark sale of 551 lots which lasted three days.Sotheby's, Salle de vente
, New York, US
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Titre de la vente : Antiquities
Date de la vente : 10/12/2008
🔓Accès libre sans carte bancaire.
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: Live Sale
