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AN EGYPTIAN-STYLE POLYCHROME PAINTED WOOD SARCOPHAGUS
THE FACE PAINTED BLACK, THE EYES INLAID, WITH BRONZE RIMS AND EYEBROWS, WEARING A STRIPED WIG, THE BODY DECORATED WITH A WINGED SCARAB AND BROAD FLORAL COLLAR, A VERTICAL COLUMN OF HIEROGLYPHS BELOW, SURMOUNTED BY A FIGURE OF THE RECUMBENT JACKAL ANUBIS
181 CM. HIGH
THE FACE PAINTED BLACK, THE EYES INLAID, WITH BRONZE RIMS AND EYEBROWS, WEARING A STRIPED WIG, THE BODY DECORATED WITH A WINGED SCARAB AND BROAD FLORAL COLLAR, A VERTICAL COLUMN OF HIEROGLYPHS BELOW, SURMOUNTED BY A FIGURE OF THE RECUMBENT JACKAL ANUBIS
181 CM. HIGH
Provenance
ACQUIRED IN THE 1960S OR EARLY 1970S.
Exhibited
ROTTERDAM, HISTORISCH MUSEUM, BEZETEN BEZIT, KEUZETENTOONSTELLING UIT DE VERZAMELING VAN MEVROUW W.G. ELIAS-VAES TE ROTTERDAM, EXHIBITION CATALOGUE, 18 APRIL - 1 AUGUST 1970, NO. 713.
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