Lot Essay
The conforming size of this talatat block indicates that it probably came from the Aten temple which Akhenaten built to the east of the Great Temple of Amun at Karnak.
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NEW KINGDOM, DYNASTY XVIII, REIGN OF AKHENATEN, 1352-1336 B.C.
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AN EGYPTIAN 'AMARNA' TALATAT PAINTED SANDSTONE RELIEF
NEW KINGDOM, DYNASTY XVIII, REIGN OF AKHENATEN, 1352-1336 B.C.
Sensitively and dramatically carved with the profile heads of two Asiatic chieftains, their heads bowed in obeisance on the ground, traces of white and pink colour, mounted
12¾ x 8½ in. (32.5 x 21.5 cm.)
NEW KINGDOM, DYNASTY XVIII, REIGN OF AKHENATEN, 1352-1336 B.C.
Sensitively and dramatically carved with the profile heads of two Asiatic chieftains, their heads bowed in obeisance on the ground, traces of white and pink colour, mounted
12¾ x 8½ in. (32.5 x 21.5 cm.)
Provenance
French private collection, acquired on the Paris art market in the late 1980s.
Special notice
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This lot will be removed to an off-site warehouse at the close of business on the day of sale - 2 weeks free storage
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