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This is the rating and price for Egyptian Polychrome Wood Sarcophagus Panel



Description : Graeco-Roman Period, 332 BC- 395 AD. A wooden panel, likely cedar, from the top section of a sarcophagus. The tapered panel is covered in gesso and painted with vibrant hues of red, blue, white and black. Decorating the top half is a lower section of a wesekh pectoral collar laden with painted beads of myriad forms while below is a wadjet eye, two columns of hieroglyphs, and a winged Isis kneeling with arms outstretched. The two columns of hieroglyphs translate as: May Osiris the god of the ennead be pleased. The item is enclosed in a custom-made wood display frame. The item is accompanied by report from Simone Musso, consultant curator for the Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition. Size: L:420mm / W:215mm , 875g Provenance: Property of a central London gallery, Ex. German collection formed since the 1970s,acquired on the European art market. Accompanied by a German export license. This item has been checked against the Art Loss Register database.
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Estimate (low-high) : 6000 GBP-9000 GBP It's free to register now to view!

About the lot N° 13
Title : Egyptian Polychrome Wood Sarcophagus Panel
Size : unknown
Apollo Art Auctions, auctioneer It's free to register now to view!
Sale title : FINE ANCIENT ART & ANTIQUITIES
Sale date : 05 Nov 2023 It's free to register now to view!
Sale Reference : Live Sale

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