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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
AN EGYPTIAN LIMESTONE FALSE DOOR
OLD KINGDOM, CIRCA 2686-2125 B.C.
Details
AN EGYPTIAN LIMESTONE FALSE DOOR
OLD KINGDOM, CIRCA 2686-2125 B.C.
The central panel depicting the deceased seated before an offering table, pair of wedjat-eyes below, the framing inscriptions with an invocation offering text asked of Anubis, with various epithets on behalf of the man Ptah-em-saf, revered before Path-Sokaris
27½ in. (70 cm.) high
OLD KINGDOM, CIRCA 2686-2125 B.C.
The central panel depicting the deceased seated before an offering table, pair of wedjat-eyes below, the framing inscriptions with an invocation offering text asked of Anubis, with various epithets on behalf of the man Ptah-em-saf, revered before Path-Sokaris
27½ in. (70 cm.) high
Provenance
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, London, 12 June 1882, lot 84.
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, London, 26 June 1952, lot 91.
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, London, 22 May 1989, lot 85.
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, London, 26 June 1952, lot 91.
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, London, 22 May 1989, lot 85.
Sale room notice
The illustration for lot 128 is incorrectly labelled as 127 in the printed catalogue.
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