Lot Essay
See illustration for seated wood figure on page 60.
NEW KINGDOM, DYNASTY XIX, 1292-1185 B.C.
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AN EGYPTIAN GESSO-PAINTED POLYCHROME WOOD SARCOPHAGUS FRAGMENT
NEW KINGDOM, DYNASTY XIX, 1292-1185 B.C.
Decorated with a lotiform collar, and separately applied ringed hand, mounted, 8¼ in. (21 cm.) high; four Egyptian painted wood male figures, two striding and two seated, Middle Kingdom, 2055-1650 B.C., all mounted, 10 in. (25.2 cm.) high max.; and an Egyptian gesso-painted wood mask, mounted, 14 in. (35.5 cm.) high (6)
NEW KINGDOM, DYNASTY XIX, 1292-1185 B.C.
Decorated with a lotiform collar, and separately applied ringed hand, mounted, 8¼ in. (21 cm.) high; four Egyptian painted wood male figures, two striding and two seated, Middle Kingdom, 2055-1650 B.C., all mounted, 10 in. (25.2 cm.) high max.; and an Egyptian gesso-painted wood mask, mounted, 14 in. (35.5 cm.) high (6)
Provenance
Acquired by the present owner's parents in Egypt during the 1930s-1940s.
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