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THE PROPERTY OF A
WEST COAST COLLECTOR
AN EGYPTIAN SANDSTONE RELIEF
NEW KINGDOM, DYNASTY XVIII, REIGN OF AKHENATEN, 1353-1335 B.C.
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AN EGYPTIAN SANDSTONE RELIEF
NEW KINGDOM, DYNASTY XVIII,
REIGN OF AKHENATEN, 1353-1335 B.C.
Sculpted in sunk relief with a female offering bearer facing right, wearing a full wig, holding a palm frond and a lotus blossom in her raised hands, the arm of a second figure preserved to the left, a register line above, with extensive traces of ancient gesso and pigment throughout, including red for flesh tones and blue for the lotus
9 in. (22.8 cm.) wide
NEW KINGDOM, DYNASTY XVIII,
REIGN OF AKHENATEN, 1353-1335 B.C.
Sculpted in sunk relief with a female offering bearer facing right, wearing a full wig, holding a palm frond and a lotus blossom in her raised hands, the arm of a second figure preserved to the left, a register line above, with extensive traces of ancient gesso and pigment throughout, including red for flesh tones and blue for the lotus
9 in. (22.8 cm.) wide
Provenance
with J.J. Klejman, New York.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 18 June 1983, lot 32.
with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, 1995 (Art of the Ancient World, vol. VIII, part 2, no. 148).
Acquired in 2001.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 18 June 1983, lot 32.
with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, 1995 (Art of the Ancient World, vol. VIII, part 2, no. 148).
Acquired in 2001.