LATE NEW KINGDOM, CIRCA 1000 B.C.

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AN EGYPTIAN PAINTED WOODEN TOMB MODEL
LATE NEW KINGDOM, CIRCA 1000 B.C.
In the form of two conjoined ducks, 3 3/8 in. (8.5 cm.) high; a Middle Kingdom terracotta head of a man with exaggerated facial characteristics and remains of colour, circa Dynasty XII (1991-1786 B.C.), 1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm.) high; a marmorised limestone head of a woman, with chequered wig, chin chipped, Middle Kingdom (2133-1797 B.C.), 1¼ in. (3.1 cm.) high; and a terracotta head of a Nubian, with stylized curly hair, chipped, circa 4th-1st century B.C., 2 3/8 in. (6 cm.) high, all mounted (4)

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Lot Essay

Item four: belongs to a group of terracotta heads, all representing non-Egyptians, excavated by W. M. Flinders Petrie at Memphis in the 'Foreign Quarters' from the Persian and Ptolemaic periods, cf. R. A. Lunsingh Scheurleer, Revue d'Egyptologie, 26, 1974, pp. 83-99.

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