Lot Essay
Cf. G. D. Scott III, Ancient Egyptian Art at Yale, Yale University Art Gallery, 1986, pp. 76-77, no. 40
The Property of
the late SIR SIDNEY NOLAN, O.M., A.C., C.B.E.
A GREEN DIORITE TORSO OF A PRIEST, striding with left leg advanced, wearing a long flaring wrapped over skirt tied at the waist over his protruding stomach, his hands resting flat on the skirt at the front, supported by an uninscribed back pillar, mounted, late Dynasty XII/early Dynasty XIII, circa 1800-1700 B.C.
Details
A GREEN DIORITE TORSO OF A PRIEST, striding with left leg advanced, wearing a long flaring wrapped over skirt tied at the waist over his protruding stomach, his hands resting flat on the skirt at the front, supported by an uninscribed back pillar, mounted, late Dynasty XII/early Dynasty XIII, circa 1800-1700 B.C.
8 3/8in. (21.4cm.) high
8 3/8in. (21.4cm.) high
Provenance
Lord Rea collection