Bidspirit auction | MONUMENTAL EGYPTIAN GRANITE RELIEF WITH

MONUMENTAL EGYPTIAN GRANITE RELIEF WITH HIEROGLYPHIC INSCRIPTION AND CARTHOUCHE - New Kingdom, Ca. 1550 - 1069 BCA rectangular stone relief fragment carved in sunk relief with hieroglyphs arranged in vertical registers separated by incised dividing lines.Size: 250mm x 570mm; Weight: 30kg.Provenance; Private UK collection; aquired on the USA art market; Ex Sotheby's, New York, Important Antiquities, 17 December 1992, Lot 191. Previously in the Donald Wonder collection(1938-2023), California & New Jersey; thence by descent. [Inv. no. 28]This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 21.9.9.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.