AN EGYPTIAN BASALT FIGURE OF A SEATED NOBLEMAN

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THE PROPERTY OF A EUROPEAN COLLECTOR Provenance: the majority of this collection (lots 108-150) was formed in the late 19th and early 20th Century.

AN EGYPTIAN BASALT FIGURE OF A SEATED NOBLEMAN

MIDDLE KINGDOM, DYNASTY XII/EARLY XIII, CIRCA 1843-1730 B.C.

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AN EGYPTIAN BASALT FIGURE OF A SEATED NOBLEMAN
MIDDLE KINGDOM, DYNASTY XII/EARLY XIII, CIRCA 1843-1730 B.C.
Wearing shoulder-length sloping wig or head cloth, his right hand placed downwards on his lap, with his left hand placed on his chest emerging from his fringed cloak which drapes over his left shoulder and back, wearing a long garment which ties up under his chest, on integral base
57/8 in. (15 cm.) high

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拍品專文

The name of this nobleman is unknown but the long kilt and prominent ears (with which to hear petitions) bear witness to his important official status. Cf. J. Bourriau, Pharaohs and Mortals: Egyptian Art in the Middle Kingdom, Oxford, 1988, p. 55, no. 42; p. 56, no. 43; and p. 59, no. 46 for similar.