Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art

Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art

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An Egyptian Polychrome Wood Figure of a Man, 11th-12th Dynasty, 2081-1759 B.C.

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Estimate

12,000 - 18,000 GBP

Bid

8,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

striding and holding staves, and wearing sandals, kilt with central tab, broad belt, and short bobbed wig of echeloned rectangular curls, the nipples inlaid in wood, the base, kilt tab, and arms carved separately.


Height 35.7 cm.

acquired by the present owner between 1973-1983

Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, inv. no. L.2012.03.03, from 2012 to 2024

For related examples see J. Vandier, Manuel d'archéologie égyptienne, vol. 3: Les grandes époques. La statuaire, 1958, pp. 225ff., M. Jorgensen, Egypt I (3000-1500 B.C.), Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen, 1996, pp. 76-77, no. 72, E. R. Russman, Eternal Egypt: Masterworks of Ancient Art from the British Museum, 2001, pp. 95-96, no. 24, and https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/556550.

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