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ANCIENT PLASTER COPY 'GRABSTEIN DES HEFNER' - ANCIENT PLASTER COPY 'GRABSTEIN DES HEFNER'. Staatliche Gipsformerei Berlin. Berlin Date: Ca. mid-20th c. Technique: Plaster cast and coloured in beige. Back side, metal rod incorporated for hanging. Description: This gravestone shows Hefner and his wife Hek sitting at a table, with their son, who donated the gravestone, standing on the right side of the table, along with his younger brothers, who are bringing geese to their parents.. Measurement: 40x70x4cm. Mark: Back side coin pressed in plaster by the State Plaster Moulding Works Berlin, No.907 handwritten in black. The original of this cast, which comes from Abydos, is in the collection of the Egyptian Museum of the Berlin State Museums - Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation. It dates from the Middle Kingdom period, which lasted from approximately 2040 to 1781 BC. Estimated shipping costs for this lot: Arrangement after the auction. Explanations to the Catalogue Berlin Gipsformerei Germany Early Works of Art