Property from the Collection of Axel Vervoordt
An Egyptian Polychrome Wood Canopic or Ushabti Box, 30th Dynasty/Ptolemaic Period, 380-30 B.C.
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July 5, 12:28 PM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
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Property from the Collection of Axel Vervoordt
An Egyptian Polychrome Wood Canopic or Ushabti Box
30th Dynasty/Ptolemaic Period, 380-30 B.C.
of slender tapering form painted on the front with the Anubis Jackal, protector of the deceased, couchant, the other three sides with striding jackal-headed Anubis accompanied by a goddess, the lid surmounted by the falcon god Sopdu wearing a tall ostrich-plume headdress.
Height 76 cm.
Collection of Monsieur X, France, formed in the 1950s (Maison de ventes Holz-ArTles, Arles, June 22nd, 2013, no. 82)
Bonhams, London, April 16th, 2015, no. 23, illus.
acquired by the present owner at the above sale
Bonhams, London, April 16th, 2015, no. 23, illus.
acquired by the present owner at the above sale