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LOT 0040
Egyptian Cartonnage Panel with Pectoral
LATE PERIOD-PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 664-30 B.C.
12 3/8 in. (2.06 kg total, 31.4 cm wide including stand).
A rectangular cartonnage panel with bands of triangles, teardrops and other motifs in white, red, blue and pale green; winged scarab to the bottom, lower portion of a winged sun disc flanked by uraei to the top; mounted on a custom-made stand.
ProvenanceEx early 20th century collection, London, UK.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13096-249409
Cf. Manley, B., and Dodson, A., Life Everlasting. National Museum of Scotland Collection of Ancient Egyptian Coffins, Edinburgh, 2010, p. 117, no. 46, for a similar example.
FootnotesThis piece was probably part of a set of cartonnage trappings placed on the mummy.
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LOT 0040
Egyptian Cartonnage Panel with Pectoral
Estimate £1,800 - 2,400€2,090 - 2,780 (for guidance only)$2,430 - 3,240 (for guidance only)
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