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NEW KINGDOM, DYNASTY XVIII, 1450-1430 B.C.
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AN EGYPTIAN SANDSTONE STELOPHOROUS STATUE OF AMUNHOTEP
NEW KINGDOM, DYNASTY XVIII, 1450-1430 B.C.
The Hall Keeper and Overseer of the Gardens of Amun depicted kneeling, holding a round-topped stele on his lap inscribed with four columns of hieroglyphs, wearing a long skirt and a shoulder-length wig, with an inscribed stele-shaped back slab, the text on the stele at the front with a prayer to Amun, the text on the back with a prayer to Osiris and probably also to Amun
16 1/8 in. (41 cm.) high
NEW KINGDOM, DYNASTY XVIII, 1450-1430 B.C.
The Hall Keeper and Overseer of the Gardens of Amun depicted kneeling, holding a round-topped stele on his lap inscribed with four columns of hieroglyphs, wearing a long skirt and a shoulder-length wig, with an inscribed stele-shaped back slab, the text on the stele at the front with a prayer to Amun, the text on the back with a prayer to Osiris and probably also to Amun
16 1/8 in. (41 cm.) high
Provenance
H. Herzer, Munich.
Swiss Private Collector; Sotheby's, London, 9-10 July 1992, lot 375.
Swiss Private Collector; Sotheby's, London, 9-10 July 1992, lot 375.
Literature
H. Schlögl, Geschenk des Nils, Basel, 1978, p. 57, no. 180, fig. 180.
Exhibited
Geschenk des Nils, Aegyptische Kunstwerke aus Schweizer Besitz, Basel, 1978.
On loan to the Archäologische Sammlung der Universität, Zurich, 1988-1992.
On loan to the Archäologische Sammlung der Universität, Zurich, 1988-1992.