About the lot N° 46
Title : Egyptian Gilded Cartonnage Open-Work Panels
Notes : Provenance:By descent from Phocion Jean Tano (d.1971), formerly an antiquities dealer in Cairo. The breast plates have been in the UK since the 1970s.Literature:For an example of the use of cartonnage for mummy trappings during the Ptolemaic Period, cf. S. D'Auria et al, Mummies and Magic, Boston, 1988, p.193, pl.140.Bonhams 3, auctioneer, London, UK
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Sale title : Antiquities
Sale date : 06 Oct 2010
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