Lot no. 568
EGYPTIAN SANDSTONE RELIEF DEPICTING AN OFFERING SCENE New Kingdom, Ca. 1213 - 1203 BC. Fragment of a sandstone sunk-relief depicting the pharaoh Akhenaten under the rays of the sun god Aten, in front of an altar laden with offerings while he raises an incense burner with his left hand and pours a libation from a vase with his right hand.For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 11.155.3a.Size: 250mm x 190mm; Weight: 2.1kgProvenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Private collection 1970s-1990s.Reviewed by Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition.This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
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