Egypt
24dash.com (Jon Land)
See the above page for the full story, including a photograph of the poor jar.
There's a better version of the same photograph in the Duke's auction house online catalogue, together with the following description:
Also covered on the Daily Mail website, accompanied by a different view of the item:
Also on The Telegraph website.
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Egypt
Garden ornament is ancient Egyptian canopic jar
24dash.com (Jon Land)
A terracotta vase used as a garden ornament turned out to be an ancient Egyptian relic dating back almost 3,000 years.
The owner inherited the 13-inch high stone jar about 20 years ago from an aunt and uncle and kept it in her front garden in north Dorset, not realising its importance.
She took it to be valued and was surprised to find out the piece, with its distinctive pharaoh headdress, dates to between 1550-1069 BC.
The owner of the ancient jar, who does not want to be named, said: "I have had it hanging around for about 20 years and thought I had better find out if it is worth anything.
"It was outside in the front garden, then it went indoors in to the house and we had it sitting on the cupboard in the hall. I had cleaned it up by then, given it a wash.
See the above page for the full story, including a photograph of the poor jar.
There's a better version of the same photograph in the Duke's auction house online catalogue, together with the following description:
AN EGYPTIAN TERRACOTTA CANOPIC JAR AND COVER with traces of pigmentation the lid modelled as Imseti wearing a black-striped wig probably New Kingdom (1550-1069BC) 13 high. See illustration
Estimate: 500-1000
Also covered on the Daily Mail website, accompanied by a different view of the item:
The item is now to be sold at auction at Duke's in Dorchester by the experts who identified it.
Amy Brenan from the auctioneers said: 'It is very rare to have something such as this brought to us.
'The owner had had it in his garden for about 20 years without realising what it was.
'It is incredible to think how old it is and what was happening in the world when this was made.'
The vendor, from north Dorset, who wants to remain anonymous, said: 'It came from an uncle who was a bit of a collector and when he died about 20 years ago it came to us.
Also on The Telegraph website.
- Bizarre Results Of Auction Of Carter's Papers
Daily Mail Last month I posted about the sale of Howard Carter's papers at Bonham's (where full details of the lot are detailed) and only yesterday I was on the Bonham's website puzzling over why the lot simply wasn't showing on the list...
- Threats To Luxor Corniche?
This message was sent to me today. It has come to our attention that a new development program is about to be launched in Luxor by the Government of Egypt that focuses on the east bank Corniche Boulevard. The goal is to double the width of the Corniche...
- Egyptian Figurine Found At Local Auction
Yorkshire Post A bronze Egyptian figure dating back to 600BC has been found in a box of tourist souvenirs at a North Yorkshire auction house. Antiques dealer Martin Roberts discovered the seven-inch figure of the Egyptian god Osiris while viewing lots...
- Egyptian Islamic Ewer Mistakenly Sold As French Jug
United Press International A piece billed as a French claret jug at a Crewkerne, England, auction has turned out to be a medieval Egyptian ewer worth $10 million. The item, which was purchased by an unknown buyer for about $430,000, was described in the...
- Ancient Egyptian Skulls Found In U.k. Garden
http://tinyurl.com/2z2atl (South Manchester Reporter) Bizarre story about a Manchester (U.K.) man who found ancient Egyptian remains whilst digging in his back garden:Carrying out a routine spot of garden maintenance, Matthew McClelland was horrified...