Property from a French Private Collection
An Egyptian Red Jasper or Carnelian Inlay Head, Early Ptolemaic Period, 305-200 B.C.
Estimate
5,000 - 8,000 EUR
Lot Details
Description
PROPERTY FROM A FRENCH PRIVATE COLLECTION
An Egyptian Red Jasper or Carnelian Inlay Head, Early Ptolemaic Period, 305-200 B.C.
facing left, with elongated neck and finely carved features.
Height 2.7 cm., 1 in.
Probably European private collection, early 20th century (based on custom-made slanted yellow marble stand);
Françoise Schlumberger-Primat (1917-1998), Château de Grandchamp, Calvados, France, acquired in the 1960s or earlier;
by descent to the present owner.
