Lot no. 5
FRAGMENT OF A BAS-RELIEF, EGYPT, PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 332-32 B.C. In brown quartzite, representing a bust of a deity adorned with a false beard and a large ousekh necklace, the long tripartite wig topped with a nome standard (incomplete), on the left four hieroglyphs and on the right a hes vase, in a frame; slight wear Dimensions: 21 x 29 cm (8 ¼ x 11 ½ in.) Provenance: Former Georges Geffroy collection (1905-1971). Bibliography: A. Ostier, Plaisir de France, No. 394, November 1971, p. 43. Vanity Fair, Intérieurs, December 2017/January 2018, p. 152 and 157. An Egyptian brown quartzite bas-relief fragment depicting the bust of a deity, Ptolemaic period, 332-32BC *Please note that this bas-relief fragment is from the Ptolemaic period, 332-32BC, and not from the Saite period as indicated in the catalogue. *Please note that this bas-relief fragment is of the Ptolemaic period, 332-32 BC.
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