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LOTTO 1:
EGYPTIAN LIMESTON FRAGMENT OF RELIEF DEPICTING THE GOD RA AND A PHARAOH
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Venduto per: £8 000
Prezzo incluse commissioni.:
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10 320
Prezzo iniziale:
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8 000
Prezzo stimato :
£12 000 - £20 000
Commissione per la casa d'aste: 29%
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EGYPTIAN LIMESTON FRAGMENT OF RELIEF DEPICTING THE GOD RA AND A PHARAOH
Old Kingdom, Vth Dynasty, Ca. 2498 - 2345 BC. A large carved limestone stela section, probably part of a false door (for the soul to enter and exit the burial chamber). Decorated with a relief carving of the sun god, Re-Harakhty, with the head of a falcon, wearing a large sun disc, depicted with a muscular body and holding an ankh in his right hand. Ra is facing another partial figure, showing only his leg and arm, holding a long staff in his left hand.For similar see: MET Museum Object Number: O.C.81. Size: 650mm x 265mm; Weight: 18.77kgProvenance: Private UK collection, acquired on the US art market; Ex. Ye Olde Curiosity Shoppe, NJ., Dr. Arnold Saslow. Acquired from Superior Galleries, LA, about 1983. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter. This piece is accompanied by an authentication statement from Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition.
