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THE PROPERTY FROM A GENTLEMAN'S COLLECTION
AN EGYPTIAN PAINTED WOOD ANTHROPOID SARCOPHAGUS OF BASTET-IRDIS
LATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXVI, 664-525 B. C.
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AN EGYPTIAN PAINTED WOOD ANTHROPOID SARCOPHAGUS OF BASTET-IRDIS
Late Period, Dynasty XXVI, 664-525 B. C.
Gessoed and painted depicting the deceased, the lady Bastet-irdis, wearing a striated vulture cap covered wig, and a falcon terminated broad collar, the entire surface of the lid with mythological vignettes, funerary deities and their accompanying inscriptions, the principle among which are a kneeling, winged Isis, and the deceased on a bier; the join of the lid to the box decorated with an undulating serpent, the box with two long funerary offering formulae for the benefit of Bastet-irdis, the back with a profile figure of the "Goddess of the West"
70¾ in. (180 cm) high
Late Period, Dynasty XXVI, 664-525 B. C.
Gessoed and painted depicting the deceased, the lady Bastet-irdis, wearing a striated vulture cap covered wig, and a falcon terminated broad collar, the entire surface of the lid with mythological vignettes, funerary deities and their accompanying inscriptions, the principle among which are a kneeling, winged Isis, and the deceased on a bier; the join of the lid to the box decorated with an undulating serpent, the box with two long funerary offering formulae for the benefit of Bastet-irdis, the back with a profile figure of the "Goddess of the West"
70¾ in. (180 cm) high
Provenance
Antiquities, Sotheby's London, 8 December 1994, lot 100