Artcurial to sell the Bouvier collections during its auction dedicated to Archaeology and Oriental Arts
(Artdaily.org)

On May 15th, Artcurial will disperse the Bouvier collections during its auction dedicated to archeology and Oriental Arts. Gathered mainly between 1930 and 1960 when Maurice Bouvier taught law in Alexandria, this set is comprised of 250 lots. It represents all facets of Egyptian civilization: from the Predynastic Period, with arrowheads and black top vases dating from the 4th Millennium BC, from the Muslim period of the 12th century, with jewelry and textiles, in parallel with the Pharaonic and Coptic period. For the majority of his working life, Maurice Bouvier (1901-1981), a lawyer from the Jura region of France, works at the University of Alexandria where he teaches law between 1930 and 1960. He nurtures his love for antique and Muslim civilisation in Egypt where he starts to collect, acquiring objects from simple peddlers or occasional vendors as well as from Cairo and Alexandria’s greatest antique