Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art
Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art
The Upper Part of an Egyptian Polychrome Wood Sarcophagus, 21st/early 22nd Dynasty, circa 1075-950 B.C.
Lot Closed
December 17, 02:01 PM GMT
Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
The Upper Part of an Egyptian Polychrome Wood Sarcophagus
21st/early 22nd Dynasty, circa 1075-950 B.C.
wearing a broad collar, and striped tripartite wig with diadem and friezes of uraei at the ends of the lappets, the face with full outlined lips and long eyebrows and cosmetic lines, fine red lines delineating the folds of the upper lids.
Height 57 cm.
private collection, France, acquired in the late 1950s (accompanied by a 'laissez-passer' of the Egyptian 'Service des Antiquités', signed by M. Kamal, very probably Moharram Kamal, 1908-1966, Egyptian Egyptologist, Director of the Cairo Museum in 1956, then sub-Director General of Antiquities 1957-1959)
Drouot-Richelieu, Paris, Binoche et Giquello, Paris, June 13th, 2014, no. 151, illus.
acquired by the present owner at the above sale
Drouot-Richelieu, Paris, Binoche et Giquello, Paris, June 13th, 2014, no. 151, illus.
acquired by the present owner at the above sale