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Lot 332

An Egyptian sandstone relief fragment

6 July 2023, 11:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

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An Egyptian sandstone relief fragment
New Kingdom, Ramesside, 19th-20th Dynasty, circa 1292-1069 B.C.
19cm high

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Provenance:
with the Egypt Exploration Fund, 1911.
Caspar Fleming (1952-1975) collection, son of the author Ian Fleming.
Hugh Russell (1924-2000) collection, Malvern, formed between the 1950s and 1970s.
Anonymous sale; Bonhams, London, 27 April 2006, lot 431.
Private collection, USA.

The relief preserves a cartouche above the figure for 'god's wife Ahmes-nefertari' (Amenhotep I), and another cartouche for Amenhotep (i.e. Amenhotep I). The relief has an ink inscription on the side with the number '11.2019', and an old label attached, ink inscribed with 'Sandstone ......', Egypt Exploration Fund. Inv. No. ..- 201'.

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