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PROPERTY FROM THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON, SOLD FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COLLECTION
AN EGYPTIAN GILT WOOD FALCON-HEADED COFFIN
LATE PERIOD, 26TH-30TH DYNASTY, 664-343 B.C.
Details
AN EGYPTIAN GILT WOOD FALCON-HEADED COFFIN
LATE PERIOD, 26TH-30TH DYNASTY, 664-343 B.C.
Painted in polychromy over gesso, the lid and box of the mummiform falcon in black, the integral plinth now green with traces of blue, the tripartite headcloth blue, traces of the linear broad collar and the outlines of three deities along the proper left side of the lid in gold pigment, the face gilt with the eyes and beak black, the markings and details of the face incised
19¾ in. (50.2 cm.) high
LATE PERIOD, 26TH-30TH DYNASTY, 664-343 B.C.
Painted in polychromy over gesso, the lid and box of the mummiform falcon in black, the integral plinth now green with traces of blue, the tripartite headcloth blue, traces of the linear broad collar and the outlines of three deities along the proper left side of the lid in gold pigment, the face gilt with the eyes and beak black, the markings and details of the face incised
19¾ in. (50.2 cm.) high
Provenance
with Petit Musée, Montreal.
Cinq-Mars Collection, Canada, late 1950s-1960s.
wtih Hôtel des Encans de Montreal, 1998.
Antiquities, Christie's, New York, 13 June 2000, lot 227.
Cinq-Mars Collection, Canada, late 1950s-1960s.
wtih Hôtel des Encans de Montreal, 1998.
Antiquities, Christie's, New York, 13 June 2000, lot 227.
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