AN EGYPTIAN PAINTED WOOD FIGURE OF AN OFFICIAL

OLD KINGDOM, DYNASTY VI, REIGN OF PEPI II, CIRCA 2278-2184 B.C.

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AN EGYPTIAN PAINTED WOOD FIGURE OF AN OFFICIAL
OLD KINGDOM, DYNASTY VI, REIGN OF PEPI II, CIRCA 2278-2184 B.C.
Finely modelled, striding forward wearing calf-length kilt tied at the waist, left hand by side, right hand inserted over the fold of his garment, feet with tenons beneath for insertion
6½ in. (16.5 cm.) high

Provenance

Baron Empain collection (1852-1929), France.
Accompanied by a French passport.

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Lot Essay

For a similar figure also with protruding kilt knot, cf. J. Harvey, Wooden Statues of the Old Kingdom, Egyptological Memoirs, Leiden-Boston-Köln, 2001, A65 (Cairo JE49119) Saqqara, MII; PM III/2, 680, Jéquier, Tombeaux, 9, pl. I (upper).

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