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LOT 1442
Large Egyptian Revival Painted Stone Plaque
20TH CENTURY A.D.
16 1/4 in. (24.9 kg total, 41.5 cm including stand).
A substantial decorative designer stele with low-relief frieze depicting a kilted workman with tripartite wig and nekhakha flail over his shoulder and an overseer with headdress and heka crook; dividing column with hieroglyphic text extending to the base and pediment; 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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