Items Similar to Mantelpiece Adorned with Egyptian-Inspired Motifs

Antique Wooden Mantelpiece

Antique Oak Mantelpiece

Antique French Mantelpiece

Regency Imperial Egyptian Porphyry and Statuary Marble Fireplace Surround

Large Egyptian Revival Manner Statuary Marble Fireplace Surround

Want more images or videos?

Request additional images or videos from the seller

1 of 11

Mantelpiece Adorned with Egyptian-Inspired Motifs

About the Item

This mantelpiece adorned with Egyptian-inspired decorations was crafted in three types of marble around 1830. The bases and capitals of the jambs, as well as the mantel, are made of Portoro marble, while the jambs and lintel are carved from Carrara Statuary marble, enhanced with applications of Valencia Yellow marble sculpted in low-relief. The lintel features a design inspired by both the scarab, a sacred animal, and the winged solar disk, a symbol associated with divinity, royalty, and power in ancient Egypt. On either side lie two women, resting on their stomachs. Their sensual attire evokes certain elements of Egyptian dress, and they wear a vulture crown, traditionally worn by royal wives and female pharaohs. They each hold a duck in their hands, modeled after a cosmetic spoon dated to the reign of Amenhotep III (1390-1352 B.C.E.), housed in the Louvre Museum. The jambs are also decorated with female figures, similarly dressed and coiffed. They carry a bag in one hand and a vase on their shoulders. The sculptor appears to have drawn inspiration here from the Cosmetic Spoon with a Water Carrier (circa 1327-1186 B.C.E.), also preserved in the Louvre Museum. The mantel was replaced in the early 20th century. Minor damage on the frieze.

Dimensions:
Height: 40.5 in (102.87 cm)Width: 46.88 in (119.08 cm)Depth: 12.25 in (31.12 cm)
Style:
Egyptian Revival (Of the Period)
Materials and Techniques:
Carrara Marble,Marble,Statuary Marble,Appliqué
Place of Origin:
France
Period:
Early 19th Century
Date of Manufacture:
Circa 1830
Condition:
Seller Location:
SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Reference Number:
Seller: 57371stDibs: LU7662243392702

More From This Seller

View All

Fireback Adorned with an Egyptian-Inspired Low-Relief

Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR

The design of this modern fireplace plaque draws inspiration from the art of ancient Egypt. On the left, a man wearing an usekh collar and dressed in a shendyt (the traditional Egyptian loincloth) leans on a staff and converses with a woman facing him, separated from him only by a papyrus plant. The woman also wears a wide usekh collar and a large draped garment that covers only her back, revealing her nudity at the front. She holds a papyrus. The man and woman are connected by overlapping friezes of geometric Egyptian-inspired motifs, echoing the ornamental structure of the usekh collars. The scene was inspired by an Egyptian low-relief decorating the lid of an ivory casket...

Category

20th Century French Art Deco Fireplace Tools and Chimney Pots

Materials

Iron

Fireback Adorned with an Egyptian-Inspired Low-Relief

$1,950

Sliding Gate with Egyptian-Inspired Design

Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR

This sliding gate, adorned with Egyptian-inspired motifs, was created around 1880. At the lower section, the panels are decorated with a geometric frieze of openwork X shapes. The v...

Category

Antique Late 19th Century French Egyptian Revival Doors and Gates

Materials

Brass, Bronze, Iron

Sliding Gate with Egyptian-Inspired Design

$19,508

Musgrave & Co Mannheim, Enameled Cast Iron Stove Adorned

Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR

This original Art Nouveau style enameled cast iron stove is a German work of the company Musgrave & Co dating from the beginning of the 20th century. ...

Category

Early 20th Century German Art Nouveau Fireplaces and Mantels

Materials

Enamel, Iron

Musgrave & Co Mannheim, Enameled Cast Iron Stove Adorned

$16,065

Large Oak Antique Mantel with Hood from a Chateau

Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR

This exceptional Neo-Renaissance style fireplace comes from the Péclavé castle in the town of Samazan in the Aquitaine region. The castle b...

Category

Antique 1860s French Renaissance Revival Fireplaces and Mantels

Materials

Oak

Large Oak Antique Mantel with Hood from a Chateau

$40,164

Antique large cast iron fireback inspired by " The Oath of the Horatii by David

Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR

This antique fireback was made in the first half of the 19th century. In the center, in an octagonal medallion, four armed soldiers in antique-inspired outfit vigorously raise their ...

Category

Antique Mid-19th Century Empire Fireplaces and Mantels

Materials

Iron

Antique large cast iron fireback inspired by " The Oath of the Horatii by David

$4,819

Napoleon III Inkwell with Egyptian Inspiration

Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR

This Egyptian-style inkwell was crafted in France during the reign of Napoleon III. The centerpiece of the inkwell features a depiction of the goddess Hathor. Front-facing and hiera...

Category

Antique Late 19th Century French Egyptian Revival Inkwells

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Napoleon III Inkwell with Egyptian Inspiration

$6,196

Antique 1810s Italian Egyptian Revival Fireplaces and Mantels

Materials

Statuary Marble, Porphyry

Regency Imperial Egyptian Porphyry and Statuary Marble Fireplace Surround

$60,386

Antique Satinwood Mantelpiece

Located in Tyrone, Northern Ireland

Antique satinwood mantelpiece of fine quality in the George III Neoclassical taste. The jambs with twin fluted pilasters, capped with Corinthian capitals and under carved acanthus corbels...

Category

Early 20th Century English Neoclassical Fireplaces and Mantels

Materials

Satinwood

Antique Satinwood Mantelpiece

$7,490

Antique Wooden Mantelpiece

Located in COULLONS, FR

An exceptional architectural element, this antique solid wood mantel comes from a Haussmann-style apartment in Paris. Probably dating from the second half of the 19th century, it emb...

Category

Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis XV Fireplaces and Mantels

Materials

Wood

Antique Wooden Mantelpiece

$4,360

Antique Oak Mantelpiece

Located in Tyrone, Northern Ireland

A large antique English carved oak mantelpiece in the Palladian style. With full rounded and fluted Doric columns, egg and dart mouldings and a carved ...

Category

Antique Late 19th Century English Palladian Fireplaces and Mantels

Materials

Oak

Antique Oak Mantelpiece

$12,891

Antique French Mantelpiece

Located in Tyrone, Northern Ireland

An antique French marble and gilt bronze mantelpiece of exceptional quality and large scale. After a design by François Antoine Vassé (1681-1736) for the Salon d'Hercule of the Palace of Versailles, France. Made from the finest and richest coloured Breccia Violleta marble with superbly cast 24-carat gold gilt bronze mounts. The solid marble jambs with gilt-bronze Nemean Lion masks at the top, these are under an arched frieze with a gilt-bronze centre cartouche depicting the mask of Hercules wearing the Nemean lion pelt. Flanking Hercules are extremely well sculpted and flamboyant gilt-bronze cornucopias, also called 'the horn of plenty', a symbol of abundance and nourishment. Salon d'Hercule Beginning in 1724, work on the Salon d’Hercule recommenced. Louis XIV commissioned architect Jacques Gabriel...

Category

Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis XIV Fireplaces and Mantels

Materials

Breccia Marble, Bronze

Antique French Mantelpiece

$271,401

Large Egyptian Revival Manner Statuary Marble Fireplace Surround

Located in Edinburgh, GB

A large and handsome with good proportions-Egyptian revival manner lightly veined statuary marble fireplace surround. A generous top shelf with double bull nose moulding, a seconda...

Category