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SARCOPHAGES INTÉRIEUR ET EXTÉRIEUR ÉGYPTIENS EN FIGUIER SYCOMORE POLYCHROME D’IAHTESNAKHT

Lot 14
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Lot 14 | SARCOPHAGES INTÉRIEUR ET EXTÉRIEUR ÉGYPTIENS EN FIGUIER SYCOMORE POLYCHROME D’IAHTESNAKHT
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€ 200 000 – 300 000
SARCOPHAGES INTÉRIEUR ET EXTÉRIEUR ÉGYPTIENS EN FIGUIER SYCOMORE POLYCHROME D’IAHTESNAKHT
BASSE ÉPOQUE, XXVIᵉ DYNASTIE, VERS 664-525 AV. J.-C.
Sarcophage intérieur : 182 cm. (71 5/8 in.) x 52 cm. (20 ½ in.) x 56 cm. (22 in.)
Sarcophage extérieur : 202,5 cm. (79 ¾ in.) x 62 cm. (24 3/8 in.) x 69 cm. (27 1/8 in.)




Provenance

Région d’Hérakléopolis (Ihnasya el Medina ou Abousir el-Melek).
Marché de l’art belge, années 1970.
Collection privée belge, M. A., acquise auprès de la source ci-dessus ; puis par descendance



Literature

E. Gubel, M.C. Bruwier, Van Nijl tot Schelde, Du Nil à l’Escaut, catalogue d’exposition, Bruxelles, 1991, pp.196-200, no. 244-245.
P. Dils, “Die Särge des Iahtesnacht”, in. U. Verhoeven, Das saitische Totenbuch der Iahtesnacht. P.Colon.Aeg 10207, vol. 1, Bonn, 1993, pp. 6-12.
U. Verhoeven, “Das saitische Totenbuch der Iahtesnacht. P.Colon.Aeg 10207”, vol. 1, pp. 1-6, et vol. 2, pls. 1-2 (outer coffin) et pls. 3-4 (inner coffin) in. Papyrologische Texte und Abhandlungen, Bonn, 1993.
K. Stövesand, “Regional Variability in Late Period Egypt: Coffin Traditions in Middle Egypt”, pp. 396-7, fig. 5, in. J. H. Taylor and M. Vandenbeusch ed., Ancient Egyptian Coffins. Craft, Traditions and Functionality, Leuven, 2018.
Une documentation exhaustive sur le papyrus d’Iahtesnakht est disponible à : https://totenbuch.awk.nrw.de/objekt/tm57143



Exhibited

Banque Lambert de Bruxelles, Bruxelles, 5 avril-9 juin 1991.



Further details

AN EGYPTIAN POLYCHROME SYCOMORE FIG. INNER ANTHROPOID COFFIN AND OUTER COFFIN FOR IAHTESNAKHT, LATE PERIOD, 26TH DYNASTY, CIRCA 664-525 B.C.
Art style:Ancient Art
Place of origin:Ancient Egypt, Egypt, Africa
Auction house category:Ancient Art & Antiquities
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