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LOT 0006

Egyptian Wooden Tomb Servant

MIDDLE KINGDOM, LATE 11TH-EARLY 12TH DYNASTY, 2010-1961 B.C.

9 in. (140 grams, 23 cm high).

Carved in the round with separate articulated arms, painted facial details and wearing a short linen kilt; slightly bent posture, feet pegged to a rectangular base; wooden implement for beating flax in the left hand.

Provenance

From an early 20th century collection.
Ex UK collection.
Ex Ancient Art, London N14, UK.
Private collection of Mr T.H., Norfolk, UK.

Accompanied by a previous dealer's certificate of authenticity.

Literature

See Taylor, J.H., Death and the Afterlife in Ancient Egypt, London, 2001, for discussion of the tomb figurines.

CONDITION
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LOT 0006

Egyptian Wooden Tomb Servant

Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,040

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