Egyptian Cartonnage Panel with Gods
Ptolemaic Period, 332-30 BC. A rectangular cartonnage panel section with painted border above and below, procession of four seated figures comprising: lioness-headed goddess Sekhmet wearing a sun disk; goddess of truth Ma'at with an ostrich feather on her head; a figure wearing a scarab beetle headdress, possibly depicting god Khepri; a pharaoh wearing the Pschent, the white crown; each wearing a shoulder-length mantle, ankh mounted on the raised knee; good proportion of polychrome paint surviving; professionally reinforced backing. 68 grams, 28cm (11"). Ex Norfolk, UK, collection, 1950s.
Condition Report: Fine condition.
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Ptolemaic Period, 332-30 BC. A rectangular cartonnage panel section with painted border above and below, procession of four seated figures comprising: lioness-headed goddess Sekhmet wearing a sun disk; goddess of truth Ma'at with an ostrich feather on her head; a figure wearing a scarab beetle headdress, possibly depicting god Khepri; a pharaoh wearing the Pschent, the white crown; each wearing a shoulder-length mantle, ankh mounted on the raised knee; good proportion of polychrome paint surviving; professionally reinforced backing. 68 grams, 28cm (11"). Ex Norfolk, UK, collection, 1950s.
Condition Report: Fine condition.