AN EGYPTIAN ALABASTER HEADREST
AN EGYPTIAN ALABASTER HEADREST

OLD KINGDOM, 5TH-6TH DYNASTY, CIRCA 2494-2181 B.C.

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AN EGYPTIAN ALABASTER HEADREST
OLD KINGDOM, 5TH-6TH DYNASTY, CIRCA 2494-2181 B.C.

Assembled from three separate pieces, the rectangular base supporting the gently flaring fluted shaft, topped with a 'pillow' supported by a square collar, the shaft with a single column of hieroglyphs reading 'Chief of the works, sole friend, royal guard, the honorable Ipi'

7 7/8 in. (20 cm.) high
来源
Horst and Luise Foehr collection, Cairo and Bonn.
Aussereuropäische Kunst und Ausgrabungen, Lempertz, Cologne, 21 November 1967, lot 43.
Resandro collection, acquired from the above sale.

拍品专文

PUBLISHED:
Grimm-Stadelmann, 2012, p. 15, no. R-032.

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