À propos du lot
n° 51
Titre : AN EGYPTIAN LIMESTONE RELIEF OF MERUKA, PROPHET OF KHUFU, LATE 5TH/EARLY 6TH DYNASTY, CIRCA 2350-2250 B.C. | An Egyptian Limestone Relief of Meruka, Prophet of Khufu
Dimensions : 35.6 by 80 cm.Provenance : from the Mastaba of Meruka at Giza, excavated by Montague Ballard in the Winter of 1901-02
Giovanni Dattari (d. 1923), Cairo (Hôtel Drouot, Paris,
Antiquités égyptiennes, grecques et romaines. Les collections de feu M. Jean Lambros d'Athenes et de M. Giovanni Dattari du Caire, Paris, 17th-19th June 1912, no. 283, pl. XXIV)
Mr. C. d'Aquin, Paris
William Randolph Hearst (1863-1951), San Simeon, California, acquired from the above on 20th June 1922 through his company International Studio Art Corporation
Parish-Watson & Co., New York, on consignment from the above
Joseph Brummer (1883-1947), New York, inv. no. N4449, acquired from the above on 2nd June 1939
Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York,
Part II of the Notable Art Collection Belonging to the Estate of the Late Joseph Brummer, 11th-14th May 1949, no. 64
Denys Sutton, London, acquired at the above auction
American private Collection, by descent (Sotheby's New York, 6 December 2012, no. 43, illus.)Literature : Henry G. Fischer, "Old Kingdom Inscriptions in the Yale Gallery,"
Mitteilungen des Instituts für Orientforschung, vol. 7, fasc. 3, 1960, pp. 310-311, pl. II
T. Coffman, ed.,
The William Randolph Hearst Collection [microform]: Photographs and Acquisition Records on Microfiche, New York, 1987, book 45, entries 43-53, card 213, illus. (Egyptian antiquities)Sotheby's, Salle de vente
, London, UK
🔓Accès libre sans carte bancaire.
Titre de la vente : Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art
Date de la vente : 03/07/2018
🔓Accès libre sans carte bancaire.
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