Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art

Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art

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PROPERTY FROM A NEW ENGLAND ESTATE

THE UPPER PART OF AN EGYPTIAN POLYCHROME WOOD COFFIN LID, 25TH/EARLY 26 DYNASTY, CIRCA 750-600 B.C.

VAT reduced rateUK: Greenford Park Warehouse

Auction Closed

December 3, 05:06 PM GMT

Estimate

15,000 - 25,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property from a New England Estate

THE UPPER PART OF AN EGYPTIAN POLYCHROME WOOD COFFIN LID, 25TH/EARLY 26 DYNASTY, CIRCA 750-600 B.C.


wearing a broad foliate collar, long braided beard with curled tip, and wide striped tripartite wig, his face with full lips rounded at the corners, and large glass-inset eyes, the long cosmetic lines inlaid in silver(?), the inlay of the eyebrows missing.

Height 74.3 cm.

Denny Pinkus, Tel Aviv and Jaffa

acquired from the above on January 15th, 1979, inv. no. D4144

For a very similar lid compare the coffin of Hor-Ankh in the Dallas Museum of Art (1994.184), the eyes and eyebrows inlaid in obsidian, calcite, and bronze; also compare Replica Shoes ’s, London, December 4th , 2018, no. 4.