Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art
Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art
Property from a European Private Collection
AN EGYPTIAN LIMESTONE RELIEF FRAGMENT, 5TH/6TH DYNASTY, 2520-2195 B.C.
Auction Closed
July 2, 04:42 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from a European Private Collection
AN EGYPTIAN LIMESTONE RELIEF FRAGMENT, 5TH/6TH DYNASTY, 2520-2195 B.C.
carved in shallow relief with a man and his wife standing and facing left, her right hand resting on his shoulder, his left hand resting on a staff, the man wearing a kilt, short beard, and rounded wig, the woman a dress with shoulder-straps and long tripartite wig, each face with finely outlined lips and tapering eyebrow, columns of inscription in the field and above the woman reading "his wife whom he loves".
47 by 55.9 by 2.4 cm.
Jerome Eisenberg, 44 East 82nd Street, New York, N.Y.
Richard Titelman, Altoona, Pennsylvania, acquired from the above on December 27th, 1969
American Private Collection (Sotheby's, New York, June 3rd, 2015, no. 6, illus.)
acquired by the present owner at the above sale
Published
Jerome M. Eisenberg, New York, Art of the Ancient World, vol. I, catalogue no. 44, December 19th, 1965, no. 59, illus.