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Description : AN EGYPTIAN POLYCHROME GILT CARTONNAGE MUMMY ENSEMBLE PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C. Composed of three pieces, one section with a kheker frieze along the top with a lion form funerary bier below, flanked by two Sons of Horus, Hapy and Qebehsenuef, with four mummiform Sons of Horus below, Imsety facing Hapy above Anubis facing Qebehsenuef, 30.5cm x 7.7cm, another section represents a falcon collar with falcon head terminals, with a central winged scarab and strands of floral elements forming the collar, 30.5cm wide, the third section with Nut with out-stretched wings holding maat feathers and kneeling on a plinth, a panel on either side of the head contains two mummiform figures of the Four Sons of Horus, 27.5cm wide (3)
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Title : An Egyptian Polychrome Gilt Cartonnage Mummy Ensemble Ptolemaic Period, C
Provenance : Provenance: Dutch private collection. Acquired by the collector's grandfather before 1974, thence by descent. Literature: The ensemble would originally have included a mask and footcase. For similar cartonnage trappings from the Ptolemaic Period, cf. S. D'Auria, P. Lacovara, and C.H. Roehrig, Mummies and Magic: the Funerary Arts of Ancient Egypt, Boston, 1993, pp.193-5, no. 140.
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Sale title : Antiquities
Sale date : 30 Nov 2016 It's free to register now to view!
Sale Reference : Live Sale

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