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An Egyptian Faience Monkey
Height 2 inches (5.3 cm).
Estimate: $600-$800
Sold
$500
Live Auction
Antiquities and Ancient Art: A Study
Size
Height 2 inches (5.3 cm).
Description
An Egyptian Faience Monkey
Late Period to Ptolemaic Period, 664-30 B.C.
Height 2 inches (5.3 cm).
Collection from an Important Midwestern Scholar
Provenance
Provenance:
Édouard Louis Joseph, Baron Empain (1852-1929), France, acquired in the early 1900s in Heliopolis; thence by descent to his grandson, Édouard-Jean Empain, 3rd Baron Empain (1937-2018).
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2012.