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EGYPTIAN PART II
THE MICHAEL RICE COLLECTION
MICHAEL RICE (1928-2013) CMG
Michael Rice made his reputation in the field of Public Relations. With a lifelong passion for the Arab world he helped promote Arab-British understanding and bridge the gap between the ancient and modern cultures of Arabia and Egypt. He was appointed CMG in 2002. He planned the design and building of thirteen museums in Oman, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Qatar, winning the Aga Khan Award for Architecture for the Qatar National Museum in 1980. He helped to establish departments of antiquities, and to organise the Third Asian Archaeological conference held in Bahrain in 1970. He advised on setting up the first museum in Bahrain and became chairman of the British-Bahrain society in 1997, being awarded the Order of Bahrain (First class) in 2003.
His love of Egypt began as a young boy when he heard Tutankhamun’s trumpet being played on the radio in 1939. Describing himself as a ‘wanderer in the Nile Valley’ in the early 1970s, he formed a collection of Egyptian artefacts, watercolour paintings, including views of Egypt by Edward Lear, and a library of antiquarian books.
Another of his interests was in the psycho-analyst Carl Jung and how the archetypes of ancient Egypt, particularly the Divine Triad, penetrated Western thought. He pondered the influences that led to Egypt becoming the first nation state in history, and the relations between the Near East, particularly Sumer, Elam and the lands bordering the Arabian Gulf and Egypt in the 4th millennium B.C. These thoughts materialised in a number of publications, including: The Archaeology of the Arabian Gulf (1994), Egypt’s Making, The origins of Ancient Egypt 5000-2000 B.C. (1990, 2nd ed. 2003), Egypt’s Legacy (1997), The Power of the Bull (1997), Who’s Who in Ancient Egypt (1999) and Swifter than the Arrow – the golden hunting hounds of ancient Egypt (2006) – dedicated to the memory of his own beloved hound, Nefer-Neferru-Aten-Tasheri.
Christine Insley Green
AN EGYPTIAN BASALT JAR
EARLY DYNASTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 3000-2650 B.C.
Details
AN EGYPTIAN BASALT JAR
EARLY DYNASTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 3000-2650 B.C.
With ovoid body and two perforated horizontal lug handles
3 in. (7.6 cm.) high
EARLY DYNASTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 3000-2650 B.C.
With ovoid body and two perforated horizontal lug handles
3 in. (7.6 cm.) high
Provenance
Michael Rice collection, UK, acquired 1960s-1970s.
Brought to you by
Georgiana Aitken
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