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A ROYAL GIFT - THE HOVINGHAM HALL PAIR STATUE
AN EGYPTIAN LIMESTONE PAIR STATUE OF THE ROYAL ACQUAINTANCES NEBEFWY AND MES-SAT
OLD KINGDOM, MID TO LATE 5TH DYNASTY, CIRCA 2400-2300 B.C.
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AN EGYPTIAN LIMESTONE PAIR STATUE OF THE ROYAL ACQUAINTANCES NEBEFWY AND MES-SAT
OLD KINGDOM, MID TO LATE 5TH DYNASTY, CIRCA 2400-2300 B.C.
24 3⁄8 in. (61.8 cm.) high
OLD KINGDOM, MID TO LATE 5TH DYNASTY, CIRCA 2400-2300 B.C.
24 3⁄8 in. (61.8 cm.) high
Provenance
Sir James Porter (1710-1786), Ambassador to the Sublime Porte of the Ottoman Empire between 1746-1762, Constantinople, by whom presented to the following.
George III, King of Great Britian and Ireland (1738-1820), by whom given to the following.
Thomas Worsley (1711-1778), Hovingham Hall, North Yorkshire; thence by continuous descent to the current owner.
George III, King of Great Britian and Ireland (1738-1820), by whom given to the following.
Thomas Worsley (1711-1778), Hovingham Hall, North Yorkshire; thence by continuous descent to the current owner.
Literature
T. Worsley, private catalogue of the collection at Hovingham Hall, North Yorkshire, 1778.
C.C. Vermeule, “Notes on a New Edition of Michaelis: Ancient Marbles in Great Britain,” American Journal of Archaeology, vol. 59, no. 2, 1955, p. 136.
C. Hussey, “Hovingham Hall, Yorkshire: The Home of Colonel Sir William Worsley, Bart.,” Country Life, special edition, 15 June 1961, p. 1411.
J. Malek, et al., Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Statues, Reliefs and Paintings, vol. VIII, pt. 1, Oxford, 1999, p. 260, no. 801-203-610.
T. Knox, “The Vyne Ramesses: 'Egyptian Monstrosities' in British Country House Collections,” Apollo, April 2003, p. 37.
C.C. Vermeule, “Notes on a New Edition of Michaelis: Ancient Marbles in Great Britain,” American Journal of Archaeology, vol. 59, no. 2, 1955, p. 136.
C. Hussey, “Hovingham Hall, Yorkshire: The Home of Colonel Sir William Worsley, Bart.,” Country Life, special edition, 15 June 1961, p. 1411.
J. Malek, et al., Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Statues, Reliefs and Paintings, vol. VIII, pt. 1, Oxford, 1999, p. 260, no. 801-203-610.
T. Knox, “The Vyne Ramesses: 'Egyptian Monstrosities' in British Country House Collections,” Apollo, April 2003, p. 37.
Présenté par
Thomas Williams
International Head of English Furniture & Clocks