Master Sculpture from Four Millennia
Master Sculpture from Four Millennia
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An Egyptian Quartzite or Sandstone Relief Fragment, 19th Dynasty, Reign of Ramesses II, 1279-1213 B.C.
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July 3, 01:00 PM GMT
Estimate
18,000 - 22,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
An Egyptian Quartzite or Sandstone Relief Fragment
19th Dynasty, Reign of Ramesses II, 1279-1213 B.C.
carved in sunk relief with the figures of three men facing left each with their hands raised in a gesture of adoration, and wearing elaborate pleated garments and wigs, thirteen columns of inscription above, the first figure inscribed "a [...] in the Ramesseum in the estate of Amun called Ramesses [...]", the second one "his beloved son, Royal Scribe, General of the lord of the Two Lands, royal envoy to the ruler (or land) of the Hittites, Steward in the Ramesseum in the estate of Amun called Yupa," and the third one " [...] Overseer of Horses of the lord of the Two Lands, royal envoy to every foreign land, companion of the good god called Ramesses-nakht", the inscription beginning with a funerary offering prayer to a goddess "who resides in Hermopolis," with the epithets "lady of Heaven," and "mistress of the gods."
49 by 32 cm.
Nicolas Koutoulakis (1910-1996), Paris and Geneva, acquired in the 1960s
private collection, by descent from the above
acquired by the present owner from the above in 2012
Published
Rupert Wace Ancient Art, London, 2016, no. 5
Exhibited
Rupert Wace and John Kasmin, London, "Dizygotica: Antiquities and Postcards," December 1st-22nd, 2017
For two figures in similar dress and posture see a relief from the South Wall of a chapel of Ramesses I in the temple of Seti I at Abydos and now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, acc. no. 11.155.3d-2a (https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/590859).
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