About the lot N° 72
Title : An Egyptian Wood Sarcophagus Panel For Ta-Heret Ptolemaic Period, , Period : 3
Provenance : Provenance Merton D. Simpson (1928-2013) collection, New York, acquired in Paris in 1970, and thence by descent. Paris art market, 2011. Ta-heret’s priestess title of God’s Mother of Hathor is found from the Late Period onwards around Edfu, a city on the west bank of the Nile, between Esna and Aswan. Interestingly, her father, Wah-ib-re, was the Sa-mer-ef priest, a title found in Heracleopolis, and where Herishef was the local god. This difference suggests that Ta-heret moved from her father’s household to a far-away city, perhaps as a result of marriage. The text on this panel may have originally been ornamented with glazed polychrome inlay. Merton D. Simpson was an abstract expressionist painter and noted African and tribal art collector and dealer. His own Modern work was widely exhibited, firstly at the Museum of Modern Art in 1951. The Brooklyn Museum archives hold numerous letters between Mr Simpson and various curators of the Egyptian department from 1972 onwards, including a note from Bernard Bothmer confirming the Museum’s acquisition of a granite lion head from Mr Simpson (acc. no. 73.26).Bonhams 3, auctioneer, London, UK
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Sale title : Antiquities
Sale date : 06 Jul 2017
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