Lot Essay
Cf. C. Aldred, Akhenaten and Nefertiti, The Brooklyn Museum, 1973, nos. 23-27 and 38 and, especially, no. 23 which has a discussion 'King or Queen' on the various representations of Nefertiti and Akhenaten.
THE PROPERTY OF A SWISS PRIVATE COLLECTOR
An 'Amarna' painted sandstone royal relief fragment
REIGN OF AKHENATEN, 1350-1334 B.C., PROBABLY FROM THE ATEN TEMPLE, KARNAK
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An 'Amarna' painted sandstone royal relief fragment
Reign of Akhenaten, 1350-1334 B.C., probably from the Aten Temple, Karnak
Depicting a royal head, probably Akhenaten, wearing a short 'Nubian' wig and coiled uraeus, receiving the Aten's rays and a hand holding an ankh (life) sign, with traces of red pigment and red painted gesso, mounted
6¾ x 6 in. (17.2 x 15.5 cm.)
Reign of Akhenaten, 1350-1334 B.C., probably from the Aten Temple, Karnak
Depicting a royal head, probably Akhenaten, wearing a short 'Nubian' wig and coiled uraeus, receiving the Aten's rays and a hand holding an ankh (life) sign, with traces of red pigment and red painted gesso, mounted
6¾ x 6 in. (17.2 x 15.5 cm.)