Lot 1247
Colorful Wooden Cover from a Sarcophagus. Egypt, Late Dynastic - early Ptolemaic, c. 400-250 BC. A nearly complete coffin lid, minus the foot panels, with a handsome portrait of a man, and extensive polychrome and inscriptions. The man's face in red-brown color, wearing a striated tripartite wig, and a broad beaded collar with Horus falcon head terminals. Below the collar, a winged Isis kneels right, above seven registers of hieroglyphs, these flanked on either side by the four Sons of Horus. All details rendered in black, green, red, or blue paint. The lid cut sometime in its past, otherwise essentially "as found", and free of any obvious restorations and enhancements, other than some stabilizing slats screwed to the interior. Height: 65". An impressively large Egyptian wooden artifact, at a very affordable price.
Purchasers please note: this item will be packed and shipped by an art transport service only - - details to be arranged by the buyer and the shipper.
Estimated Value $10,000 - 12,500.
Southern California Collector, acquired in the early 1980's.
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| Realized $9,200 |
