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AN EGYPTIAN POLYCHROME CARTONNAGE PANEL

Description : AN EGYPTIAN POLYCHROME CARTONNAGE PANEL PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 305-30 B.C. Painted with a broad floral collar with falcon-headed terminals, the kneeling figure of the goddess Maat below, wearing sun disc, extending her protective wings and holding maat-feathers, seated figure of Osiris holding was-sceptre on either side, the Four Sons of Horus below, either side of three columns of hieroglyphs reading "A boon which the King gives on behalf of Osiris-Yti (Sovereign), who is in the lakeland (Fayoum), that he may give a good tomb-equipment and a voice offering of bread, beer, ox, fowl and everything good, pure and sweet on which a god lives, for the Osiris Pa-di-Sobek, true of voice, son of Pa-di-Sobek, born of Ta-Tjekat, true of voice, with an offering of unguent and linen", Isis and Nephthys below, flanked by uraei, 20 x 12 in. (51 x 30 cm.) max.; a polychrome painted cartonnage fragment with winged figure of Isis holding maat-feathers, protected by wedjat-eyes either side, below a barque with Four Sons of Horus, panels with ankh and was-sceptres either side, 8¼ x 12 in. (21 x 30.5 cm.) max.; and another polychrome painted cartonnage fragment with six standing deities, including Isis and Nephthys, 14 x 4¼ in. (35.5 x 10.5 cm.) max., both Ptolemaic Period, 4th-1st Century B.C., all framed and glazed (3)
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About the lot N° 106
Title : AN EGYPTIAN POLYCHROME CARTONNAGE PANEL
Medium : Painted with a broad floral collar with falcon-headed terminals, the kneeling figure of the goddess Maat below, wearing sun disc, extending her protective wings and holding
Size : 20 x 12 in. 51 x 30 cm 21 x 30.5 cm 35.5 x 10.5 cm
Provenance : English private collection, acquired by the present owner's grandfather, the Revd. George Henry Judd, F.R.G.S., in the late 19th/early 20th Century.
Notes : THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMANNo VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.Please note that the lots of Iranian origin are subject to U.S. trade restrictions which currently prohibit the import into the United States. Similar restrictions may apply in other countries.Please note that descriptions of lots in this catalogue do not include references to condition. Condition reports are available on request. Please contact the Antiquities department administrator.Item one: cf. similar cartonnage in the Petrie Museum (UC16569), found in Gurob in the Fayoum, where the above cartonnage also probably comes from.
Christie's, auctioneer, London, UK It's free to register now to view!
Sale title : Antiquities
Sale date : 13 Oct 2008 It's free to register now to view!
Sale Reference : Live Sale
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