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Lot 214

An Egyptian terracotta 'Hyksos' concubine figure

7 July 2016, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

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An Egyptian terracotta 'Hyksos' concubine figure
Second Intermediate Period, 15th-17th Dynasty, circa 1650-1550 B.C.
The nude figure, standing with her incised hands resting on her thighs, modelled with long tapering legs, wearing an applied triple strand collar framing her small breasts, the broad face modelled with incised linear eyes and a short ridged nose, with pierced disc earrings, her coiffure pierced with three holes, 17cm high

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Provenance:
UK private collection, acquired in Pembury, Kent in the 1960s by the late Mrs C.O.N., Tonbridge Wells, thence by descent.

Accompanied by a copy of a thermoluminescence test from Oxford Authentication.

Literature:
For a similar terracotta concubine figure, cf. R.A. Fazzini et. al., Ancient Egyptian Art in the Brooklyn Museum, New York, 1989, no.30.

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