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PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED FRENCH COLLECTION
AN EGYPTIAN BASALT TORSO
LATE PERIOD, 30TH DYNASTY, CIRCA 4TH CENTURY B.C.
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AN EGYPTIAN BASALT TORSO
LATE PERIOD, 30TH DYNASTY, CIRCA 4TH CENTURY B.C.
Probably from a theophorous or naophorous statue, with fleshy pectorals, his rib cage visible beneath, a slender waist and traces of the indented navel, left arm bent, the back pillar inscribed with two columns of hieroglyphs, reading: '...all...which in his day, is going out of the temple of Ptah...Each wab-priest during his month of service at the temple'
7 in. (18 cm.) high
LATE PERIOD, 30TH DYNASTY, CIRCA 4TH CENTURY B.C.
Probably from a theophorous or naophorous statue, with fleshy pectorals, his rib cage visible beneath, a slender waist and traces of the indented navel, left arm bent, the back pillar inscribed with two columns of hieroglyphs, reading: '...all...which in his day, is going out of the temple of Ptah...Each wab-priest during his month of service at the temple'
7 in. (18 cm.) high
Provenance
Lucien (1879-1943) and Hélène Mellerio collection, Paris, acquired early 20th century (recorded in an inventory dated 1914-1919, no. 34); and thence by descent to the present owner.
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Georgiana Aitken