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Property from a Connecticut Private Collection
AN EGYPTIAN LIMESTONE RELIEF FRAGMENT
NEW KINGDOM, DYNASTY XVIII, REIGN OF AKHENATEN, 1353-1335 B.C.
Details
AN EGYPTIAN LIMESTONE RELIEF FRAGMENT
NEW KINGDOM, DYNASTY XVIII, REIGN OF AKHENATEN, 1353-1335 B.C.
Perhaps from Hermopolis, sculpted in sunk relief, preserving a single figure from a procession of courtiers, depicted bowing to the right, wearing a short military wig and a tunic with a flounced apron, holding a staff with a fluttering banner, the edge of the garment of a second figure preserved to the right, the red and blue pigment modern enhancements
10½ in. (26.7 cm.) wide
NEW KINGDOM, DYNASTY XVIII, REIGN OF AKHENATEN, 1353-1335 B.C.
Perhaps from Hermopolis, sculpted in sunk relief, preserving a single figure from a procession of courtiers, depicted bowing to the right, wearing a short military wig and a tunic with a flounced apron, holding a staff with a fluttering banner, the edge of the garment of a second figure preserved to the right, the red and blue pigment modern enhancements
10½ in. (26.7 cm.) wide
Provenance
Paris Art Market, circa 1980.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 25 June 1992, lot 37.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 25 June 1992, lot 37.