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777 - LARGE EGYPTIAN POLYCHROME SARCOPHAGUS LID.

Estimate £70,000 - £100,000

Description

LARGE EGYPTIAN POLYCHROME SARCOPHAGUS LID. Late Period, Ca. 664 - 332 BC. A wood anthropoid sarcophagus lid covered with gesso and painted, the interior left plain. The face is painted green, with inset stone eyes and bronze eyebrows beneath a striped tripartite wig. A broad painted collar spreads across the chest in concentric registers of geometric and floral ornament. A band of hieroglyphic text is inscribed at the foot. For similar see: P. Giovetti, D. Picchi, Egitto, splendore millenario, La collezione di Leiden a Bologna, Cat. 5.66; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 86.1.53. Size: 1750mm x 460mm; Weight: 25k+g PProvenance: Private London collection, acquired on the Spanish art market; Ex Private collection, Munich; Ex Galerie Günter Puhze. Freiburg, Germany, 2014; Previously in a private collection, Belgium, acquired before 1983. 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 piece is accompanied by a Spanish export licence and comes with original paperwork. This item has been checked against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

About the sale FINE ANCIENT ART AND ANTIQUITIES - THE PRINCE COLLECTION

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Auction time 06/21/2026 at 2:00 PM

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