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NEW KINGDOM, DYNASTY XVIII, AMARNA PERIOD, REIGN OF AKHENATEN, 1353-1335 B.C.
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AN EGYPTIAN LIMESTONE RELIEF
NEW KINGDOM, DYNASTY XVIII, AMARNA PERIOD, REIGN OF AKHENATEN, 1353-1335 B.C.
Sculpted in sunk relief, preserving the bust of a young princess in profile to the right, wearing a striated shoulder-length wig
9 in. (22.8 cm.) high
NEW KINGDOM, DYNASTY XVIII, AMARNA PERIOD, REIGN OF AKHENATEN, 1353-1335 B.C.
Sculpted in sunk relief, preserving the bust of a young princess in profile to the right, wearing a striated shoulder-length wig
9 in. (22.8 cm.) high
Provenance
Jean-Marie Talleaux, Grand Fort Philippe, France, acquired in the 1950s-1960s; Drouot-Richelieu, Paris, 6-7 December 1995, lot 173.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 9 June 2004, lot 59.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 9 June 2004, lot 59.
Literature
G. Roeder, Amarna-reliefs aus Hermopolis, Ausgrabungen der Deutschen Hermopolis-Expedition in Hermopolis 1929-1939, vol. III, Hildesheim, 1969, p. 201, no. 430-VIII, pl. 87.