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FRAGMENTARY BASALT STATUE OF A COUPLE
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FRAGMENTARY BASALT STATUE OF A COUPLE
See original version (French)
Estimate €800 - €1,200
Voluntary lot
Description
FRAGMENTARY BASALT STATUE OF A COUPLE
Egyptian art, late Middle Kingdom or early Second Intermediate Period
A fragmentary statuary group depicting a couple, now headless, shown standing: the man wears a long loincloth, his hands resting on his thighs; the woman is dressed in a long gown, her hands at her sides. Between them is a partially legible hieroglyphic inscription, and on the reverse the beginning of an offering formula is preserved.
Visible damage.
Dimensions: 12.4 x 10.9 cm
Provenance: French private collection, previously in the collection of an archaeologist, acquired from an antiquarian on Boulevard de Port Royal in Paris, 2024
An Egyptian fragmentary basalt statuette of a couple,
Late Middle Kingdom to early Second Intermediate Period
See original version (French)
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