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785 - RARE EGYPTIAN LIMESTONE OFFERING SLAB WITH FOOD OFFERINGS.

Estimate £12,000 - £20,000

Description

RARE EGYPTIAN LIMESTONE OFFERING SLAB WITH FOOD OFFERINGS. Middle Kingdom, 11th Dynasty to 12th Dynasty, Ca. 2137 - 1781 BC. A limestone rectangular offering slab carved in the form of a hetep ("offering") hieroglyph, with a shallow drainage groove at the top. The central field is in raised relief with tall libation vessels at either side, together with loaves of bread, an ox shank, a goose, and a rib. The slab probably stood before the false door in a family tomb. For the type of offering slab, see S. Guichard, Jean-Francois Champollion, Notice descriptive des monuments egyptiens du musee Charles X. Paris 2013, p. 192 (N 369-D 27); W. Seipel, Gods - Men - Pharaohs. 3500 Years of Egyptian Culture. Masterpieces from the Egyptian-Oriental Collection of the Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna. Speyer 1993, Cat. 69. Size: 340mm x 290mm; Weight: 8.66kg Provenance: Private UK collection; acquired on the German art market; From the Erika Krautkrämer Collection: Acquired in 1996 from the Roswitha Eberwein Gallery. 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. 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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