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Lot 283

1 May 2013, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

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An Egyptian polychrome painted wood coffin fragment
Third Intermediate Period, circa 1069-702 B.C.
With the remains of three columns of text above a man's arms outstretched, offering a container with unguent, the central column reading 'Amen-Re King of the Gods, scribe of..', the last column with '..hotep', 6in (15.1cm) high, mounted

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Provenance:
German private collection, the Ruhr.
C. Tautenhahn Collection, Houston, Texas, USA, formed prior to 1980.

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