A BROWN LIMESTONE DYAD STATUE OF A HUSBAND AND WIFE

MIDDLE KINGDOM, CIRCA 1800 B.C.

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A BROWN LIMESTONE DYAD STATUE OF A HUSBAND AND WIFE
MIDDLE KINGDOM, CIRCA 1800 B.C.
Depicting an official wearing a tripartite wig and long flaring skirt, his left arm embracing his wife, who wears a tripartite wig and long tightly fitting dress, her right arm embracing him, each with detailed eyes and eyebrows carved in relief, mounted
5½ in. (13.3 cm.) high
來源
Maurice Nahman collection: sold Christie's, London, 2 March 1938, lot 29; sold Sotheby's, London, 14 December 1972, lot 74.