Lot 78
  • 78

An Egyptian Limestone Relief, Amarna, 18th Dynasty, later in the reign of Akhenaten, circa 1345-1336 B.C.

Estimate
6,000 - 9,000 GBP
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Description

  • An Egyptian Limestone Relief
  • LIMESTONE
  • 16.5 by 31 cm.
carved in sunk relief with part of a procession showing two courtiers or attendants bowing to left and wearing elaborate flounced kilts, the figure on the right with lines on his torso perhaps indicating corpulence.

Provenance

the Norwegian painter and art collector Henrik Sørensen (1878-1962), acquired in Paris, London or Cairo in the 1950s
the Norwegian physicist Sven Oluf Sørensen (1920-2017)
by descent to the current owner