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Description : LATE PERIOD, LATE DYNASTY XXV-EARLY DYNASTY XXVI, CIRCA 670-650 B.C. Sculpted in sunk relief with raised interior modelling, the official depicted in profile to the left, his head cleanly shaven, his idealizing face with an elongated lidded eye beneath a gently arching brow, the nose well formed, the full lips slightly pursed, the ear with detailed channels and a fleshy lobe, wearing a broad collar over which passes the cord for an amuletic pendant, partially-preserved hieroglyphs above including determinatives used in writing the names of cities and towns, with traces of a khekher border along the far right edge 13 1/2 in. (34.3 cm.) long
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About the lot N° 21
Title : Limestone Relief Of An Official
Size : 13 1/2
Provenance : New England Private Collection.with Hurst and Hurst, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1984.
Literature : M.A. Hoffman, Exhibition catalogue, The First Egyptians, Columbia, 1988, no. 93, p. 94.G.D. Scott, III, Exhibition catalogue, Temple, Tomb and Dwelling: Egyptian Antiquities from the Harer Family Trust Collection, San Bernardino, 1992, no. 47, pp. 86 and 88.San Bernardino County Museums Newsletter, vol. VIII, no. 1 January/February 1992, p. 1.
Notes : According to Scott (op. cit., p. 86) this sensitive rendering of an important Late Period official... must date from the general period of the great Theban officials Harwa, Mentu-em-hat, and Nespekashuti.
Christie's, auctioneer, New York, US It's free to register now to view!
Sale title : Ancient Egyptian Art from the Harer Family Trust Collection
Sale date : 09 Dec 2005 It's free to register now to view!
Sale Reference : Live Sale

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