Year of Object(s) Creation: New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, reign of Amenhotep III (ca. 1390-1352 BC)
Estimated Value ($USD):
Object Type(s): Sculpture, Statue
Object Material(s): stone
Provenience Nation: Egypt
Provenience Location: DiscoveredbyaSwissmissiononthewestbankofLuxor,Egyptin1970.
Year Removed from Findspot: 1970

Provenance
Start Year:
End Year: 1973
Circumstance of Acquisition: Alleged looting
Nation: Egypt
Location: Smuggled out of Egypt around 1973, and then sold by the Galerie Nefer to Norbert Schimmel. Schimmel then sold it through Sotheby's to a private German collector.

Egyptian Colossal Eye Of Amenhotep III


Description:
Eye of Amenhotep III - Colossal eye of Amenhotep III

Case Status: Object(s) relinquished
Year Claim Initiated: 1975
Year Claim Resolved: 2008
Means of Resolution: Private Negotiation

Complainant Name: The Supreme Council of Antiquities
Complainant Nation: Egypt
Complainant Nation Economy: In Transition
Complainant Type: Public: Government

Respondent Name: Private collector
Respondent Nation: Germany
Respondent Nation Economy: Developed
Respondent Type: Private: Individual

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Editor's Notes:
Unknown when the private negotiations for it's return were initiated, therefore start date is an esitmate.