Large Egyptian Wooden Striding Female Figure

CIRCA 700 B.C. OR EARLIER

15 3/4 in. (210 grams, 40 cm).

Modelled in the round, standing nude with left leg extended, wearing a tripartite wig with beads to the lower edges, the arms modelled separately and attached, left arm bent round to the chest, right arm straight to the side; mounting peg to the right leg, feet absent.

Provenance

Acquired on the German art market, 1989-1995.
with The Museum Gallery, 19 Bury Place, London, WC1, UK, 1998-2003.
Property of a London based academic, 2003-present.

This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12377-226045.

Literature

Cf. Leibovitch, J., 'The Statuette of an Egyptian Harper and String-instruments in Egyptian Statuary', Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 46 (1960), pp.53-59, pl. XIV, 2, for an almost identical figure in the British Museum (EA 48658).

CONDITION

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