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766 - RARE EGYPTIAN GRANODIORITE TEMPLE STELE FRAGMENT WITH NECTAN…

Estimate £15,000 - £30,000

Description

RARE EGYPTIAN GRANODIORITE TEMPLE STELE FRAGMENT WITH NECTANEBO II MAKING AN OFFERING TO OSIRIS, HOR. Late Period, 30th Dynasty, reign of Nectanebo II, Ca. 359 - 341 BC. A granodiorite upper section of a temple stele, preserving a ritual scene with Nectanebo II at right, only the upper body surviving, wearing the double crown and raising the hieroglyph for “field” in offering before Osiris, Horus, and Isis standing opposite. Above the field sign are two royal cartouches with the names of Nectanebo II. The upper circular area is occupied by a winged sun disk flanked by two uraei suspended at the sides, each with a shen ring and two horizontal ostrich feathers. For similar see: Museo Egizio di Firenze, cat. 7241. For the stela type, see L. Gamwell, R. Wells (eds.), Sigmund Freud and Art. His Personal Collection of Antiquities. London 1989, pp. 54-55. For the ritual of the offering of the field, see H. Willems, W. Clarysse (eds.), Les Empereurs du Nil. Leuven 2000, cat. 4-5. Size: 600mm x 520mm; Weight: g Provenance: Private UK collection; acquired on the German art market; Previously with Erika Krautkrämer; Ex Galerie Puhze, catalogue 28, 2014, no. 178; Ex Sotheby's London, 10/07/1990, lot no. 414; Previously in an Antwerp Collection, acquired on the Paris art market. This piece is accompanied by an authentication statement from Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition. This item has a German export licence and an individual Art Loss Register certificate dated 16/01/2012. This item has been checked against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

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