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LOT 0015

Egyptian Cartonnage Foot Covering with Anubis

PTOLEMAIC PERIOD-ROMAN PERIOD, 305 B.C.-323 A.D.

9 7/8 in. (295 grams, 25 cm wide).

A polychrome painted cartonnage foot-case from a cartonnage mummy with two stylised bare feet to the upper face, each with a ankle panel with the god Anubis in jackal form with a flail over the shoulder, framed by geometric borders which continue around the perimeter of the foot cover; soles of polychrome chequered sandals to base.

Provenance

Ex UK art market, 1970s.
Property of a London gentleman.

Accompanied by an academic report by Egyptologist Paul Whelan.

Literature

Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, accession number O.C.348, for a comparable example; cf. The British Museum, museum number EA29475, for a comparable example.

Footnotes

Foot-cases like this were part of group of cartonnage adornments for a mummy, which usually comprised a mask, broad collar, stomach cover, leg section, and foot-case. For a complete set found on a mummy from Abydos see Scott III, G.D., Ancient Egyptian Art at Yale, Yale, 1986, pp.160-161.

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LOT 0015

Egyptian Cartonnage Foot Covering with Anubis

Sold for (Inc. bp): £826

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