16th Apr, 2024 10:00

Antique & Fine Art Sale

 
  Lot 147
 

147

Antiquities - An Ancient Egyptian stone funeral peg, of tapered cylindrical form, the top carved with an oval panel enclosing hieroglyphs, 20cm long.

Provenance: James Ewing Somerville (1843-1923) who had a second home in Menton, South of France, and would visit Ventimiglia in Northern Italy to attend "Roman Sales" in the period 1880-1900, he also visited Egypt and Palestine in 1866.

Sold for £500
Estimated at £100 - £200


 

Antiquities - An Ancient Egyptian stone funeral peg, of tapered cylindrical form, the top carved with an oval panel enclosing hieroglyphs, 20cm long.

Provenance: James Ewing Somerville (1843-1923) who had a second home in Menton, South of France, and would visit Ventimiglia in Northern Italy to attend "Roman Sales" in the period 1880-1900, he also visited Egypt and Palestine in 1866.

Auction: Antique & Fine Art Sale, 16th Apr, 2024

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