An Egyptian Faience Monkey
Sale 1035 - Antiquities and Ancient Art: A Study
May 26, 2022
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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Estimate
$600 -
800
Price Realized
$625
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Lot Description
An Egyptian Faience Monkey
Late Period to Ptolemaic Period, 664-30 B.C.
Height 2 inches (5.3 cm).
Property from an Important Midwestern Scholar
Provenance:
Édouard Louis Joseph, Baron Empain (1852-1929), France, acquired in the early 1900s in Heliopolis; thence by descent to his grandson, Édouard-Jean Empain, 3rd Baron Empain (1937-2018).
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2012.
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