An Egyptian Blue Faience Nehmetawy
Sale 1188 - Antiquities & Ancient Art
May 25, 2023
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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$3,000 -
5,000
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$5,355
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Lot Description
An Egyptian Blue Faience Nehmetawy
Third Intermediate Period, 21st-22nd Dynasty, 1070-712 B.C.
Height 5 1/2 inches (14 cm).
Property from a Private West Coast Collection
Provenance:
Galerie Bouche, Paris, prior to 1980.
Private Collection (Mme. G.C.D.), Paris, 1980-2011.
Art Market, Paris, December 2011.
Royal Athena Galleries, New York, 2013 (Art of the Ancient World, Vol. XXIV, no. 207). [Inv. no. GPY101]
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 13 September 2021.
This figure is a rare form of the Goddess Hathor as the wife of Thoth (in Hermopolis) or Nehebkau (in Heliopolis).
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