Lot n° 132
Estimation :
15000 - 18000
EUR
Sarcophagus mask - Lot 132
Sarcophagus mask
Egypt
New Kingdom, 17th - 21st Dynasty, 1570-1070 B.C.
Stuccoed wood with original polychromy
H. 66 cm - L. 24 cm
Upper part of a sarcophagus with the left side retaining the original tripartite wig. The yellow-painted face has large, prominent eyes beneath arched black eyebrows. The nose and lips are small and unlined to give the eyes a more prominent presence. The finely detailed wing of a falcon-headed vulture headdress covers the blue and yellow striped wig ending in a wide, finely detailed floral border. Beneath the "ib" pendant worn around the neck, a black Inpw (Anubis as much as jackal, "he who presides over secrets", of secret words), rests on a hieroglyphic column: "ji n (y) -sw. t "[htp] -" Let the king give [an offering] .... "
Provenance :
- Former UK private collection, by descent until June 2008
- German private collection Dr. M.-L- Berlin, Germany.
Comparative literature :
- O. Koefoed-Petersen, Catalogue des sarcophages et cercueils égyptiens, Copenhagen 1951
- A. Küffer, Die Bedeutung des Sarges, Suiss Coffin Project 2012
- K.M. Cooney, Coffins, Cartonnage, and Sarcophagi, John Wiley & Sons 2015
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