An Egyptian Wood Falcon Sarcophagus

An Egyptian Wood Falcon Sarcophagus

Late Period, Dynasty 26-30, 664-343 B.C.Height 23 inches.

Continental Decorative Arts

Chips and small paint losses with exposed gesso on the proper left side, the top and the back. Crack through the lower part of the proper right side, with some insignificant wood losses at the seam. Yellow color probably re-touched on the back. The interior filled with corn husk which is disintegrating and shedding dust/fragments when the sarcophagus is moved.

Provenance:Kamel Abdallah Hammouda, Cairo, 1966 (with a related letter)