Live auction - Lot 537
[Diapositive - Egypt]
C. 363 diapositives of Egypt.
Early 20th c
€ 400 / 500
Live bidding (Drouot*) Live bidding (Invaluable*)Bidding is closed
Lot description
"J. Levy & C°", "E. Mazo", "Ed. Beernaert's D.P.C.° Plate", "J. Ballion", and a lot by an amateur.
Abu Simbel, Esna (temple and village), Philae (temple complex and surrounding village, Arab merchands, port, Philae Island), Dendera Temple complex, Temple of Edfu, Karnak Temple complex, Cairo (Mosque of Ibn Tulun, Al-Azhar Mosque, Heliopolis, Arabic cafe, Tomb of Kait Bey, water carriers, Gezirah Palace, citadel, Tomb of the Kalifs, Mosque-Madrasa of Sultan Hasan, Palace of Muhammad Ali Pasha, Muhammad Ali Mosque, Arabic marriage carriage, cemetery, Mosque of Sultan al-Mu'ayyad, mashrabiyas), Temple of Kalabsha, Aswan (Dam, village, desert, port, embarkment, Bishari ethnic group, ancient stone quarries), Ismaïlia, merchands of clay recipients, praying Egyptians, Luxor (river side, cemetery, panorama), Asyut, Great Sphinx of Giza, Colossi of Memnon, Suez Canal, Saqqara (Pyramid of Djoser), ancient Egyptian cemetery of Beni Hassan, Pompey's Pillar, life aboard a dahabeah, a passenger boat used on the Nile and the embarqment, a lot of portraits of local people, Amarna (locals in the fields), ancient Egyptian cemetery of Beni Hasan, Giza pyramid complex (Pyramid of Cheops, the Great Sphinx, tourists visiting), Port Saïd, Ramesseum, Deir el-Bahari, Mortuary Temple of Ramessess III in Medinet Habu, Valley of the Kings, Kom Ombo Temple, Abydos (Temple of Seti I).
Prov. Coll.n Vanden Heuvel (label on glass plate).