Lot 106
106
AN EGYPTIAN LIMESTONE RELIEF FRAGMENT
PROPERTY FROM THE DESCENDANTS OF CHUCK CLOSE
AN EGYPTIAN LIMESTONE RELIEF FRAGMENT

OLD KINGDOM, 6TH DYNASTY, 3245-2181 B.C.

Details
AN EGYPTIAN LIMESTONE RELIEF FRAGMENT
OLD KINGDOM, 6TH DYNASTY, 3245-2181 B.C.
18 in. (45.7 cm.) high
Provenance
with L.P. Bresset et Fils, Paris.
with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, acquired from the above, 1982 (Apollo, March 1983, p. 50).
Private Collection, Maryland, acquired from the above, 1984; thence by descent.
with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, acquired from the above, 2012 (Art of the Ancient World, vol. XXIV, 2013, no. 166).
Chuck Close (1940-2021), New York, acquired from the above, 2012; thence by descent to the current owners.

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Lot Essay

Sculpted in sunk relief, this fragment preserves the head and upper torso of an official, facing left. He wears a shoulder-length echeloned wig, a short chin beard, an unarticulated broad-collar and a long-beaded necklace once supporting a pendant. His right arm projects forward, most likely once holding a staff, and there are several traces hieroglyphs above. For a relief depicting the vizier Kagemni wearing the same wig, broad-collar, and necklace, see the north wall of his mastaba at Saqqara (see M. Bollacher and A.E.P. Weigall, Die Mastaba des Gem-Ni-Kai).

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