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LOT 1576
Large Egyptian Revival Painted Stone Plaque
20TH CENTURY A.D.
32 in. (38.6 kg, 81 cm).
A substantial decorative designer plaque depicting the goddess Hathor in high-relief, standing wearing a headdress with solar-disc flanked by cow's horns, segmented wesekh collar and tight-fitting ankle-length skirt with hexagonal pattern; holding a was sceptre with animal-head terminal; hieroglyphs and symbols in the field; mounted on a custom-made stand; after the antique. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a French collection, Paris.
Ex Parisian gallery, France; latterly with a London, UK, gallery.
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