FRAGMENT OF POLYCHROME FRESCO Egyptian art, New Kingdom, probably 18th dynasty Fragment of a wall decorated in polychrome stucco with a banquet scene depicting two women seated in profile to the left, dressed in long white tight-fitting dresses, wearing heavy black wigs and adorned with large multicoloured necklaces. The first holds a lotus flower to her face, while the second raises her left hand in the direction of a third figure, of whom only the arms remain. Missing. Size: 26 x 22 x 5 cm Provenance: G. Darmon Collection, Paris, acquired in the early 1960s Bonhams, London, 5 October 2011: n°23 (ill.) Christian Levett Collection, Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins Exhibitions: Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, June 2011-August 2023 Bibliography: Rupert Wace Ancient Art, In our own image - Golds and Mortals in Ancient Art, 2008, lot 3 An Egyptian painted wall fresco fragment, New Kingdom, probably 18th Dynasty