Lot 93
93
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A GESSO PAINTED MUD WALL FRAGMENT WITH SCENE OF A YOUNG FEMALE HARPIST, with traces of a profile face and long tapering fingers plucking the strings of the instrument, yellow, blue, green and red colour, mounted, Dynasty XVIII (1550-1307 B.C.), from Thebes

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A GESSO PAINTED MUD WALL FRAGMENT WITH SCENE OF A YOUNG FEMALE HARPIST, with traces of a profile face and long tapering fingers plucking the strings of the instrument, yellow, blue, green and red colour, mounted, Dynasty XVIII (1550-1307 B.C.), from Thebes
8½in. (21.5cm.) high

Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
H. Hickmann, 45 siècles de musique dans l'Egypte Ancienne à travers la sculpture, la peinture, l'instrument, La Revue Musicale, Paris, 1956, p. 13, pl. XLII

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