An Egyptian wood figure of a female offering-bearer
First Intermediate Period - Middle Kingdom, circa 2181-1797 B.C.
Shown striding forward, her left leg advanced, wearing a short wig and sheath dress, her left arm raised to hold the offering basket balanced on her head, some gesso and polychrome remaining, 19in (48.2cm) high, mounted
First Intermediate Period - Middle Kingdom, circa 2181-1797 B.C.
Shown striding forward, her left leg advanced, wearing a short wig and sheath dress, her left arm raised to hold the offering basket balanced on her head, some gesso and polychrome remaining, 19in (48.2cm) high, mounted
Estimate:
£3,000 - 5,000
US$ 4,500 - 7,500
€3,500 - 5,800
US$ 4,500 - 7,500
€3,500 - 5,800
Footnotes
- Provenance:
Joseph Klein Collection, formed in New York between 1941 and 1980. Thence by descent.
Literature:
Such female offering-bearers were common in tombs of the 10th-11th Dynasties. For an example from Asyut, tomb 6, cf. S. D'Auria, et al., Mummies and Magic, Boston, 1988, p. 102. pl. 36.
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