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Lot 222

An Egyptian limestone relief fragment

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

£15,000 - £20,000

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An Egyptian limestone relief fragment
New Kingdom, Ramesside Period, 20th Dynasty, 1186-1070
Carved in sunken relief with on the left, the vulture goddess Nekhbet, wearing the atef crown and with the 'was' sceptre, standing beneath her name in hieroglyphs, before her the protective 'Shen' sign, below the 'neb' sign and part of a lily, a writing of Upper Egypt naming Nekhbet as 'Mistress of Upper Egypt', facing Horus, shown as a falcon on top of a serekh, (representing the gated façade of a palace and an alternative to the cartouche for a royal name), part of the Horus name, 'Mighty Bull' within the serekh, behind the falcon a sun disc wrapped around with the protective cobra and ankh signs, 43.2cm x 56.5cm

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Provenance:
Swiss private collection, acquired circa 1966.
With Khawam Brothers, Cairo, Egypt, circa 1940.

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