Polychrome Relief Fragment

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Polychrome Relief Fragment

Egypt
Old Kingdom 2686 - 2181 B.C.
Limestone
H: 33 x W: 28 cm

Sold

Description

Carved in shallow relief with two male figures walking to the left, their skin tinted brick red, wearing close-fitting caps, they wear white kilts with trapezoidal overfold in front, knotted at the waist, each carries a papyrus roll, the figures probably represent quite high-ranking officials

Exhibited

Séminaire de Valleyfield, Québec, 1953.
Diniacopoulos Collection Exhibition, Ecole Gered-Filion, 1965 (accompanied by photograph of the exhibition which shows the relief on display).

Published

Antiquities, Sotheby’s, New York, June 5 1999, Lot 24.
Antiquities, Bonhams, London, 14 May 2003, Lot 14.
Life and Death in Ancient Egypt: The Diniacopoulos Collection, 2011, p54-55.

Provenance

Previously in the Diniacopoulos Collection, assembled between 1910-1932 and 1954.
Sold at: Antiquities, Sotheby’s, New York, June 5 1999, Lot 24.
Swiss Art Market.
Sold at: Antiquities, Bonhams, London, 14 May 2003, Lot 14.
London art market, acquired from the above.
Private Collection of Sheikh Saud al Thani (1966-2014), acquired from the above.
Thence by descent.