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LOT 0070
Egyptian Serpentine Statuette of a Seated Couple
NEW KINGDOM, 19TH DYNASTY, 1290-1279 B.C.
9 5/8 in. (3.89 kg, 24.5 cm).
Depicting a husband and wife seated side-by-side on chairs, each with an arm around the spouse's waist as a sign of intimacy; both wearing richly pleated robes, the man sporting a duplex wig and earrings, the woman with a longer wig with tassel ends, both composed of long rows of tight curls; the back slab with low-relief depictions of a standing man and woman facing each other, with traces of a hieroglyphic inscription; the surface slightly worn and abraded in places; reassembled from two parts.
ProvenanceFrom the estate of the artist Margo Veillon (1907-2003), Lausanne, Switzerland.
LiteratureCf. Hayes, W.C., Scepter of Egypt II: A Background for the Study of the Egyptian Antiquities in the Metropolitan Museum of Art: The Hyksos Period and the New Kingdom (1675-1080 B.C.), Cambridge, Mass., 1959, p. 381, fig. 238, for a complete serpentine example of the type.
FootnotesThe statuette is delicately sculpted and of high quality. The fine facial features of the official, the individual strands of the wigs and the pleats of the robes exhibit exquisite craftsmanship. Remarkably, the reverse of the sculpture is decorated with a fragmentarily preserved scene, most likely of the couple, with traces of inscription.
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LOT 0070
Egyptian Serpentine Statuette of a Seated Couple
Estimate £15,000 - 20,000€17,400 - 23,200 (for guidance only)$20,250 - 27,000 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£8,200 (EUR 9,512; USD 11,070) ‡+BP*
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