Details
AN EGYPTIAN WOOD AND BRONZE IBIS
LATE PERIOD, CIRCA 7TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.
The striding figure with bronze head, legs and tailpiece, traces of stucco and gilding, mounted, 3 1/8 in. (8 cm.) high; three Egyptian polychrome painted cartonnage fragments, circa 7th-1st Century B.C., 4¾ in. (12 cm.) wide max., framed and glazed; an Egyptian green glazed composition shabti for Ba-ankh, son of Rys, mother Iwnah, with two column hieroglyphic inscription mentioning the Delta town of Mendes, Late Period, circa 7th-3rd Century B.C., 4¾ in. (12 cm.) high; a blue glazed composition wedjad eye amulet, 1½ in. (4 cm.) wide; a green glazed composition shabti, 2 in. (5 cm.) high; a green glazed composition scarab, ¾ in. (2 cm.) long, all Late Period, circa 7th-3rd Century B.C.; two Egyptian linen bandage fragments from the mummy of Bak-Ran, circa 800 B.C., 12 in. (30.5 cm.) long max., one framed and glazed; and a copy of The Book of the Dead published by the British Museum, 1929 (7)
Provenance
Items one and two: English private collection, mid-20th Century.
Items three-seven: from the collection of Dr Scott, 8 Parkhurst Road, Holloway, London. Some pieces were collected by Scott's aunt who was given them circa 1900-1910 by a friend connected to an excavation team in Egypt; sold Bonhams London, 7 October 1997, lot 276.
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