An Egyptian Limestone Relief Fragment
An Egyptian Limestone Relief Fragment, late 25th/early 26th Dynasty, circa 670-650 B.C.
An Egyptian limestone relief fragment dating to the late 25th or early 26th Dynasty (circa 670-650 B.C.), featuring finely carved shallow relief of a woman's head adorned with a broad-collar and tripartite wig. The carved facial features include full lips, a prominent nose, and large eyes with detailed cosmetic lines, with hieroglyphic inscriptions above translating to references of a beloved wife. Traces of blue pigment remain on the surface, indicating its original polychromatic appearance.
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- finely carved in shallow relief with a head of a woman facing left, and wearing a broad-collar and a tripartite wig, her face with full lips drilled at the corner, prominent straight nose, and large eye with contoured upper lid and tapering eyebrow and cosmetic line in shallow relief, the two columns of inscription above translating: ""[his wife? whom] he [loves], the Mistress of the house [... ...]-neb-bi(a)t, true of voice." traces of blue pigment remaining.
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- Auction House · Sotheby's
🔨 Auction Lot
Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art
June 30, 2021
Estimate: $24,000 – $35,000
Lot 122
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