A NEW KINGDOM ROUND-TOPPED LIMESTONE STELE
A NEW KINGDOM ROUND-TOPPED LIMESTONE STELE

DYNASTY XIX-XX, 1307-1070

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A NEW KINGDOM ROUND-TOPPED LIMESTONE STELE
dynasty xix-xx, 1307-1070
Sculpted in sunk relief, the lunette containing sacred eyes flanking a shen-sign, with two registers below, the upper register with the glorified spirit seated to the left, identified as Ahmose-ps-tesi, being offered cool water by Pa-ser at right, an offering table between them, the lower with two seated figures, an offering table between them, the woman at left identified as 'his sister,' with traces of polychrome on the upper registers, traces of an old label in French along the lower edge
15.3/8 in. (39 cm) high
Provenance
Antiquities and Islamic Art, Sotheby's New York, 29 Novemeber 1989, lot 147
Antiquities and Islamic Art, Sotheby's New York, 14 December 1993, lot 159

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