AN EGYPTIAN IVORY GAMING PIECE

EARLY DYNASTIC PERIOD, LATE NAQADA III-EARLY DYNASTY 1, CIRCA 3200-3000 B.C.

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AN EGYPTIAN IVORY GAMING PIECE
EARLY DYNASTIC PERIOD, LATE NAQADA III-EARLY DYNASTY 1, CIRCA 3200-3000 B.C.
In the form of a recumbent dog, its head resting on its extended forepaws, with tail curled along back
1 3/8 in. (3.6 cm.) long

Provenance

Michael Rice collection, UK, acquired 1960s-1970s.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 6 July 1994, lot 47.

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Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
M. Rice, Swifter Than the Arrow: The Golden Hunting Hounds of Ancient Egypt, London, 2006, p. 69, fig. 20.

'Hounds and Jackals' was a popular game from the Middle Kingdom onwards. For 'Hounds and Jackals' gaming sets cf. W. C. Hayes, The Sceptre of Egypt, vol. 1, New York, 1953, p. 250 and vol. II, New York, 1959, p. 199. For a similar gaming piece in the shape of a dog, also in ivory in the Berlin Museum, cf. D. Craig Patch, Dawn of Egyptian Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2012, p. 167, cat. 143.

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