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Description : Three Egyptian gilded cartonnage open-work panels Ptolemaic Period, circa 305-30 B.C. The elaborate pectoral consisting of a winged scarab on top of a six-stranded 'wasekh' collar with two falcon terminals, and the winged goddess Maat, holding a feather in both hands, 15in (38cm) high, the two other parts belonging together to form the apron, the upper fragment with a Ba bird at the top and the two sons of Horus, Sety and Hapi, facing each other, 12¾in (32.5cm), the lower fragment depicting Duamutef and Qebehsenuef in the upper register and the sisters Isis and Nephthys in the posture of mourning in the lower one, both sections crossed by a central inscribed column of hieroglyphs containing an invocation to Osiris by a mother asking for protection on behalf of her deceased son 'Hor', 13½in (34cm) (3)
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Estimate (low-high) : 2000 GBP-3000 GBP It's free to register now to view!

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 It's free to register now to view!
Sale title : Antiquities
Sale date : 06 Oct 2010 It's free to register now to view!
Sale Reference : Live Sale

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