Sale 2007
New York
|
4 June 2008
Price realised
USD 8,125
Estimate
AN EGYPTIAN LIMESTONE RELIEF ROMAN PERIOD, CIRCA 1ST-3RD CENTURY A.D. Preserving the right-most portion, sculpted in high relief with a sacred cobra facing right, the body undulating, the head raised with the hood spread, a bundle, perhaps representing a basket, tied on his head with two trailing streamers, the scales indicated by a pattern of raised knobs, the hood with incised details, the eye circular 11½ in. (29.2 cm.) high
Provenance
Collected by Gustave Jéquier (1868-1946).
Contact Client Service
info@christies.com
New York +1 212 636 2000
London +44 (0)20 7839 9060
infoasia@christies.com
Asia +852 2760 1766
For reliefs depicting the sacred serpent, Agathodaimon, often paired with Isis-Thermouthis, see nos. 6ff. in Dunand, "Agathodaimon" in LIMC.
Christie’s G. Max Bernheimer explains why David Rockefeller loved this 3,400-year old Egyptian portrait
Antiquities specialist Hannah Fox Solomon explains why this Apis bull is a cause for excitement among collectors and institutions across the globe
Interior designer Robert Kime on how he came to acquire this magnificent tapestry — depicting a scene in the life of Alexander the Great — for just £7,500
International Head of Antiquities G. Max Bernheimer surveys some magnificent examples, while Laetitia Delaloye offers an expert introduction
The watch that flew to the moon with NASA’s astronauts — a rare commemorative version of which is offered online, 24 April to 8 May
This monumental, square-format work is a major highlight of Christie’s Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale on 20 June in London