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Estimate
GBP (£) 12,000 - 17,000
EUR (€) 14,020 - 19,870
USD ($) 15,070 - 21,340
£6,667 (EUR 7,791; USD 8,370) (+bp*)
THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD, 22ND-24TH DYNASTY, 944-716 B.C.
7 7/8 in. (972 grams, 20 cm).
D-shaped in plan with finely carved facial detailing, slender nose and full lips, sockets to the eyes; eyebrows recessed to accept inserts still partly in situ; pierced to reverse for attachment.
PROVENANCE:
Old mounting to the reverse.
From a private estate, Suffolk, UK.
Acquired from a UK antiques fair.
Property of Mr E.D., a UK professional.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12076-217420.
LITERATURE:
See Parlasca, K., Sailor, H., Moments, Mummy Portraits and Egyptian Funerary Art from Roman Times, Frankfurt, 1999, for discussion.
