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Upper section of an anthropoid coffin lid, Third Intermediate Period, 21st Dynasty, c. 1075 - 945 BC ·  Africa-Antiques, Egypt · ID: 3049943

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Provenance
American Private Collection, New York City
Arte Primitivo, New York, March 30, 2009, Lot 512
Michael Beckmann, Marburg, Germany
Size
H: 63 cm
B: 37 cm
H: 24.8 inch
B: 14.6 inch

Description

wood, gesso, colour pigments,

Fragment of a mummiform coffin with a yellow background showing a bust with its hands placed in an Osirian posture, crossed over the chest.

A beautiful example of sarcophagus lid from a wealthy, powerful court official.


The object Upper section of an anthropoid coffin lid, Third Intermediate Period, 21st Dynasty, c. 1075 - 945 BC with the object ID 3049943 was last part of the auction Online Auction at September 27, 2023 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 76.

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Notices

This object is subject to the UNESCO Cultural Heritage Protection Act. Export documents are required for export (subjected to a fee).


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