An Egyptian Limestone Model of a Trussed Duck
Sale 1188 - Antiquities & Ancient Art
May 25, 2023
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Live / Chicago
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$1,512
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Lot Description
An Egyptian Limestone Model of a Trussed Duck
Old Kingdom, 5th-6th Dynasty, 2465-2150 B.C.
Length 4 1/4 inches (10.8 cm).
Property from a West Hollywood Collection
Provenance:
Private Collection, Europe, acquired in the 1970s.
Drouot Montaigne, Paris, Archeologie, 1-2 October 2003, Lot 476.
Rupert Wace Ancient Art, London, 2004 (Pharaoh's Creatures: Animals from Ancient Egypt, fig. 53).
Bonhams, London, Antiquities, 20 October 2005, Lot 82.
For examples of model offerings, see S. D'Auria et al., Mummies & Magic - The Funerary Arts of Ancient Egypt, Boston, 1988, p. 93, fig. 25.
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