FRAGMENTARY STUCCOED AND PAINTED RELIEF Egyptian art, New Kingdom, late 18th-early 19th dynasty, c. 1300 BC Stucco-coated sandstone relief, engraved in light relief with a procession of four male figures during a funeral scene. At the head of the procession are two viziers from Upper and Lower Egypt, with shaven heads and wearing long vizier robes worn high over the torso. They hold their right hands to their mouths as a sign of mourning. Following them, a richly dressed figure adopts the same posture and wears a black wig. Two other figures complete the procession. Missing and worn. Length: 27 cm Source : Count Henri de Murard de Saint-Romain (1842-1911), Mâcon, acquired in Thebes Donated to the Académie de Mâcon, 1910 Sotheby's, New York, 4 June 2009: no. 94 (ill.) Galerie Chenel, Paris Collection of an amateur from Marseilles, acquired in 2012 Bibliography : Armand Duréault, " Une peinture funéraire égyptienne sur stuc ", Annales de l'Académie de Mâcon, Troisième série, T. XVI, 1911, pp. 303-304, pl. VI An Egyptian fragmentary sandstone relief, New Kingdom, late 18th-early 19th Dynasty, circa 1300 B.C. At the time of its publication in 1911 in the Annales de l'Académie de Mâcon, the relief was in a slightly better state of preservation, and it was still possible to partially decipher the title of one of the protagonists: "Le véritable scribe royal qui l'aime" ("The true royal scribe who loves her").