Lot no. 35
FRAGMENTARY RELIEF IN LIMESTONE
Egyptian art, Old Kingdom, 5th-6th dynasty, 2500-2195 BC
Relief showing a servant called Tjetji in procession, standing, dressed in a short loincloth, walking to the left, arms raised in adoration. He is followed by a second figure, partially preserved and carrying a basket in his right hand. In the field, a hieroglyphic inscription indicates the title of offering bearer of the Ka. Fractures.
Size: 31.5 x 22.50 cm
Provenance: Former collection of Bernard Bottet (1900-1971) and his son Bertrand Bottet (1924-1994)
Its sale, Enchères Rive Gauche, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 26 March 2012: n°197
Roswitha Eberwein Gallery, Göttingen
Collection of an amateur from Marseille, acquired in 2012
An Egyptian fragmentary limestone relief,
Old Kingdom, 5th-6th Dynasty, 2500-2195 B.C.
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