Egyptian
An Egyptian wood figure of Duamutef, Ptolemaic Period, circa 400 - 30 BC
Wood
Height including integral wood tang: 31 cm
Further images
Gesso painted with yellow slip, the lappet wig painted in blue, with details of the broad collar, the eyes, brows, and part of the mouth preserved in black paint.
Gesso painted with yellow slip, the lappet wig painted in blue, with details of the broad collar, the eyes, brows, and part of the mouth preserved in black paint.
Provenance
Ralph Huntingdon Blanchard (1875 - 1936) Collection, Cairo. Blanchard was a dealer whose gallery, 'Blanchard's Egyptian Museum' was located in Sharia KamelGeoffrey Lyster McDermott (1912 - 1978) Collection, UK, acquired from the estate of the above in 1946, thence by descent. McDermott was a British diplomat who became the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's adviser to the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6). In latter years he turned to journalism and authored books on post-Suez British diplomacy
Bonhams, London, 27 April 2006, lot 8