THE UPPER PART OF AN EGYPTIAN POLYCHROME WOOD COFFIN LID, 25TH/EARLY 26 DYNASTY, CIRCA 750-600 B.C.

Property from a New England Estate
THE UPPER PART OF AN EGYPTIAN POLYCHROME WOOD COFFIN LID, 25TH/EARLY 26 DYNASTY, CIRCA 750-600 B.C.

wearing a broad foliate collar, long braided beard with curled tip, and wide striped tripartite wig, his face with full lips rounded at the corners, and large glass-inset eyes, the long cosmetic lines inlaid in silver(?), the inlay of the eyebrows missing.
Height 74.3 cm.

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Provenance:
Denny Pinkus, Tel Aviv and Jaffa

acquired from the above on January 15th, 1979, inv. no. D4144