26 janvier 2008
Bonhams. The Egyptian Revival Sale: Arts décoratifs - les lots vendus
A large French ormolu-mounted mahogany, ebony and ebonised bureau-plat by J. Muller, Paris, mid 19th Century
The rectangular top with rounded corners inlaid with a gilt-tooled black-leather writing surface within a stiff-leaf surround, the knee-hole flanked to each side by two drawers, the reverse and sides with ebonised framed panels, on square tapering legs, each headed by a female sphinx mask with under-hanging drapery, on paw-feet sabots; the underside stamped twice J.Muller/Ebeniste, 74½in wide, 38½in deep, 30in high (190 x 99 x 77cm) - Sold for £5,000 plus Premium and tax
An ormolu-mounted, ivory and ebony inlaid mahogany and fruitwood console - Late 19th/ early 20th Century
The rectangular top above a frieze inlaid with bands of ivory and ebony, with a central winged double udjat eye motif, supported by two circular columns, each headed by three Egyptian masks, the back with a shelf with similar inlay supported by two columns, surmounted by two inlaid udjat eyes, set on a spreading base and bun feet, 69cm wide x 40cm deep x 81cm high (27in wide x 15½in deep x 31½ high) - Sold for £1,500 plus Premium and tax
An English parcel-gilt mahogany, ebony and thuya games table by H. Ogden, Manchester, index number 3597
The revolving hinged top with canted angles opening to reveal a red baize playing surface within a gilt-tooled green-leather border, above two pairs of columnar supports, above arched legs joined by a baluster turned stretcher, on casters, the carcass stamped to the top, H.Ogden/Manchester/359792cm wide x 46.5cm deep x 71cm high (36in wide x 18in deep, 27½ high) 91cm x 91cm open - Sold for £1,200 plus Premium and tax
A set of four Egyptian-style parcel-gilt green painted, polychrome decorated chairs - 20th Century
Each high-backed with a scrolling tops, decorated on the back with various polychrome decorated carved relief scenes, including one depicting the seated Tutankhamun with his wife Ankhesenamun, all with square seats on monopodiae legs, upholstered in button-down green velvet, 110cm (43in) high. (4) - Sold for £650 plus Premium and tax
Footnote: The image of the seated Tutankhamun with his wife is after the scene that appears on the gold covered throne from Tutankhamun's tomb.
An Egyptian-style polychrome decorated ivory and mother of pearl inlaid cedar wood hexagonal occasional table - 20th Century
The top inlaid to the centre by a profile portrait of a pharaoh, surrounded by six plaques depicting Egyptian figures within a border of scrolling foliage, on spreading hieroglyph-enriched panels terminating in bracket feet, 12.5in wide x 12.5in deep x 22in high (32.5 x 32.5 x 56.5cm) - Sold for £600 plus Premium and tax
A pair of Egyptian Revival ivory and ebony inlaid folding stools
The legs extending into duck heads with ivory and ebony inlaid eyes and inlaid chevron decoration on the necks, the feet formed by connecting horizontal struts curving into further ducks heads, the animal hide seats attached with rosette rivets, 46.5cm wide x 44.5cm deep x 33.5cm high (18in wide x 17½in deep x 13in high) - Sold for £1,800 plus Premium and tax
Literature: For a related ebony and ivory-detailed duck-headed stool in the antechamber of Tutankhamun's tomb, cf. H. Hayward, World Furniture, (London 1990), pp. 11-12. A variety of pieces in this vein were produced in the 1920s by the Madrasa Craft School. Such pieces were bought by the Carnarvon family and by King Farouk for the Royal Palace.
A French ormolu-mounted mahogany, kingwood and parquetry occasional table - Third quarter 19th Century
The circular top centred by a Vert Maurin marble within a pierced foliate border, the frieze centred to the front by a drawer mounted with a musical trophy and vine leaves, the sides with similar panels, above four Egyptian figures, the circular under-tier inlaid with lozenges, above four tapering square legs, each headed by a palmette, joined by an 'X'-frame stretcher centred by an urn, on paw-cast feet, 16½in wide, 16½in deep, 36in high (42.5 x 42.5 x 92.5cm) - Sold for £3,000 plus Premium and tax
An Empire gilt-bronze 'Retour d'Egypte' clock - Early 19th Century
The classically-draped figure standing by a star-studded orb with zodiac banding, resting on four recumbent sphinxes, the rectangular tapering clock case centred by a circular white enamel dial, the sides decorated with Egyptian figures, on a rectangular plinth fronted by a plaque depicting Gods in a mythological scene, above an acanthus cast frieze, on square feet, 18in wide, 7in deep, 25½in high (46.5 x 19 x 65.5cm) - Sold for £5,000 plus Premium and tax
A large and impressive Egyptianising gilt-bronze and Bleu Turquin marble framed wall panel - Late 19th/ early 20th Century
The rectangular panel with fluted surround flanked by square paterae, centred by an octagonal frame with Bleu Turquin marble background mounted with Egyptian figures and scales depicting the God Anubis weighing the heart of the scribe Ani, surmounted by a pair of vultures in the field, flanked by lotus and papyrus flowers to each side, above panels of swimming fish and a snake, centred to the lower part by a further vulture with spreading wings, 75½in wide, 64½in high (193 x 164cm) - Sold for £6,000 plus Premium and tax
Provenance: By repute, presented to the Royal College of Physicians in the 1920’s.
The scene is copied from a section of the scribe Ani's Book of the Dead, papyrus of the nineteenth Dynasty in the British Museum. It illustrates chapter 125 and is known as the Vignette of the Weighing of the Heart of the scribe Ani. It depicts Anubis, the jackal-headed God weighing the heart (in the jar on the left) of the deceased in a balance to see if he is worthy of entering the Field of Reeds (afterlife).
A pair of black composite sphinxes
Wearing the nemes headdress, recumbent with their forepaws outstretched, mounted on rectangular bases, 27cm wide, 18.5cm high -
Sold for £320 plus Premium and tax
Provenance: Property of Fortnum and Mason
A pair of white composite sphinxes
Wearing the nemes headdress, recumbent with their forepaws outstretched, mounted on rectangular bases, 27cm wide, 18.5cm high - Sold for £320 plus Premium and tax
Provenance: Property of Fortnum and Mason
An Egyptian Amarna style stone head of Nefertiti
Set on a curving slender neck, wearing the tall flat-topped crown decorated with an encircling band and a frontally carved uraeus, the features finely rendered with full lips, high cheekbones and delineated extended eyes and brows, 13¾ in (34.9cm) high, mounted - Sold for £3,500 plus Premium and tax
Provenance: Property of a private English family. The head was acquired in Egypt by the present owner's great-great uncle who was a mining engineer in Safaga in Egypt between 1890 and 1939.
This model is based on the original polychrome painted limestone and gypsum head of Nefertiti excavated from the workshop of the chief sculptor Thuthmosis at Amarna in 1912.
An Egyptian Amarna style plaster bust of Nefertiti
Wearing the tall flat-topped dark blue-green crown decorated with an encircling polychrome band knotted at the back, a golden uraeus extending upwards above the wide golden headband, her finely-structured face with full lips coloured a deep brownish-red, the eyes and brows delineated in black, wearing a floral broad collar in yellow, red and green beneath her slender neck, 19½in (49.5cm) high, mounted - Sold for £1,100 plus Premium and tax
Footnote: This bust is a replica of the famous 'Berlin' painted limestone and gypsum bust of Nefertiti excavated from the workshop of the chief sculptor Thuthmosis at Tell el Amarna in 1912. It is now in the Ägyptisches Museum, Berlin (inv. no. 221 300) and is one of the most enduring images from the canon of Egyptian art.
Literature: Cf. D. Arnold, The Royal Women of Amarna: Images of Beauty from Ancient Egypt, (New York, 1996), p.65.
An Egyptian bronze figure of Ptah
The mummiform figure holding a was-sceptre, wearing a close-fitting skull-cap and a false-beard, the eyes, brows and body decorated with gilt inlay, with a gilt net pattern on the body and a broad collar, with a tang beneath the feet, 6½in (16.5cm) high, mounted - Sold for £700 plus Premium and tax
Provenance: Acquired in Cairo in the 1930s
An Egyptian schist child’s sarcophagus
Of anthropoid form, composed of two halves hollowed out, the upper lid representing the deceased child in typical mummiform pose wearing the tripartite wig and broad collar, the face of shallow profile form, the eyes with extended cosmetic lines and the ears pierced, with a winged scarab pectoral beneath the crossed hands, and the four Sons of Horus inscribed in two registers below, the lower case undecorated, 41¼in (104.7cm) long - Sold for £22,000 plus Premium and tax
Provenance: Ex Leighton A. Wilkie Collection. Acquired by Mr Leighton Wilkie from Cairo in 1970 for $3,500. Accompanied by a copy of the original photograph, description, memos, letters and shipping documents dating from June 20, 1970 to November 5, 1970, between Wilkie, Gamal Salem, a curator at the Egyptian Museum, Cairo, and the vendor, Kamel Abdallah Hammouda, a licensed Antiquities merchant, listed as item no. 3.
A bardiglio marble Egyptian male figure of Antinous - Circa 1900
Standing frontally, the right leg advanced, the remains of a tree support behind, wearing the nemes headdress, the striped lappets extending down the chest, the muscular body clad at the waist with a short pleated shendyt kilt, the lower legs and arms missing, mounted, repaired 36½in (93cm) high - Sold for £19,000 plus Premium and tax
Provenance: Formerly in the Collection of Naim Attallah, the former CEO of Asprey.
Literature: This particular type with the tree support at the leg is probably after a pair of bleu turquin marble statues of Antinous by Pierre-Nicolas Beauvallet (1750-1818) made circa 1810. Cf. J-M Humbert (Ed.), Egyptomania, (Paris, 1994), p. 269. Those were, in their turn, after the ancient figures of Osiris-Antinous, the most well known of which are the marble statues of Antinous found at the Emperor Hadrian's Villa at Tivoli, now in the Vatican Museums, Rome.
A pair of black marble Egyptian statues, After Antinous - Late 19th Century by L. Potet Standing frontally with their feet together, arms held at the sides, clenching bars in their hands, both wearing the nemes headdress with a stylised frontal uraeus, their muscular bodies clad in short pleated shendyt kilts, with various musical instruments gathered at their feet, mounted on integral rectangular bases, one bearing a plaque on its base reading Exposition de 1900, Medaille D'Or Paris, L. Potet, 41in (104cm) high - Sold for £20,000 plus Premium and tax Exhibited: Having been exhibited at the 1900 Paris Exhibition, these statues won prize, the Medaille d'Or. Carved by Louis Potet (b.1866), they epitomise the fashion for Egyptian-inspired luxury sculpture. Bonhams. The Egyptian Revival Sale, 23 Jan 2008. New Bond Street
Figures of this type are after the ancient figures of Osiris-Antinous, the most well known of which are the marble statues of Antinous found at the Emperor Hadrian's Villa at Tivoli, now in the Vatican Museums, Rome. A pair of similar black marble versions, also from Hadrian's Villa are now housed in the Egyptian Museum, Munich.
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