Bidspirit auction | EGYPTIAN CARTONNAGE WITH CENTRAL FUNERARY

EGYPTIAN CARTONNAGE WITH CENTRAL FUNERARY COLLAR - Late Period to ptolemaic Period, Ca. 664 - 30 BC. A group of painted cartonnage fragments. At the top is a fragment depicting the sky goddess Nut, shown in profile with a solar disc above her head and outstretched wings in alternating blue, black, and red. Below is a narrower fragment with a band of stylised pendants and circular motifs. The lower section consists of a single large fragment combining a winged scarab and a broad collar, the wings extending horizontally in red and blue, while the collar is formed of concentric rows of alternating red, blue, black, and yellow lotus flowers, wedjat eyes, and circles, terminating in falcon-head terminals surmounted by sun discs with uraei. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Mummy of Nesmin. Size: 400mm x 390mm; Weight: 1.23kg Provenance: Private London collection, acquired on the French art market, pre 2000. Reviewed by Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.