拍品 70
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AN EGYPTIAN YELLOW LIMESTONE TORSO OF AN IMPORTANT TEMPLE OFFICIAL, NEFER-RUDJ
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AN EGYPTIAN YELLOW LIMESTONE TORSO OF AN IMPORTANT TEMPLE OFFICIAL, NEFER-RUDJ

MIDDLE KINGDOM, SECOND QUARTER OF DYNASTY XIII, CIRCA 1750 B.C.

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AN EGYPTIAN YELLOW LIMESTONE TORSO OF AN IMPORTANT TEMPLE OFFICIAL, NEFER-RUDJ
MIDDLE KINGDOM, SECOND QUARTER OF DYNASTY XIII, CIRCA 1750 B.C.
The standing figure with arms at sides wearing a high wrap-around pleated kilt, fringed along the top and held in place by a loop tucked underneath, an incised inscription on the front panel reads: "Temple Overseer, Nefer-rudj, 'true of voice'", with sensitive and bold modelling of the upper torso, arms, hands and finger nails, with plain back pillar, mounted
9½ in. (24.1 cm.) high
來源
Acquired from Rupert Wace Ltd., London, 1999; previously in a North American private collection formed before 1960.
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拍品專文

For similar, cf. C. Ziegler, The Louvre Egyptian Antiquities, Paris, 1990, p. 37, for a statue of the vizier Neferkare-lymeru (A125) and p. 40, a bronze official (E27153); and J. Bourriau, Pharaohs and Mortals: Egyptian Art in the Middle Kingdom, Cambridge, 1989, pp. 65-66, no. 51.

This lot is accompanied by a certificate from The Art Loss Register.