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A FRAGMENTARY EGYPTIAN LIMESTONE DOUBLE-SIDED SCULPTOR’S MODEL
A FRAGMENTARY EGYPTIAN LIMESTONE DOUBLE-SIDED SCULPTOR’S MODEL
A FRAGMENTARY EGYPTIAN LIMESTONE DOUBLE-SIDED SCULPTOR’S MODEL
A FRAGMENTARY EGYPTIAN LIMESTONE DOUBLE-SIDED SCULPTOR’S MODEL
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A FRAGMENTARY EGYPTIAN LIMESTONE DOUBLE-SIDED SCULPTOR’S MODEL

LATE PERIOD TO PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 664-30 B.C.

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A FRAGMENTARY EGYPTIAN LIMESTONE DOUBLE-SIDED SCULPTOR’S MODEL
LATE PERIOD TO PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 664-30 B.C.
4 3⁄8 in. (11.1 cm.) high
Provenance
with Charles D. Kelekian (1900-1982), Paris and New York (Inv. no. T.2401).
Constance (1905–2002) and Edgar P. Richardson (1902-1985), Philadelphia, acquired from the above, 1971.
Property from the Collection of Constance and the Late Edgar P. Richardson, Philadelphia; Antiquities, Sotheby's, New York, 30 May 1986, lot 228.

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Lot Essay

Sculptor’s models date from the New Kingdom to the Ptolemaic period and depict a variety of subjects including royals, deities, animals and architectural elements at various stages of creation. Apis bulls were a popular subject and were portrayed in various forms, including with multiple bovines per side and on both single- and double-sided compositions. For a double-sided sculptor’s model from Edfu featuring a striding bull on the reverse and a queen or goddess on the obverse, see no. 192 in N. Tomoum, The Sculptor’s Models of the Late and Ptolemaic Periods. For a double-sided plaque with two bulls on each side from Tanis, see pl. XXXI in C.C. Edgar, Sculptors’ Studies and Unfinished Works.

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