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THBEgyptian Late Dynastic Wood Coffin Model
Lot 3b
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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2019-04-04 10:00:00
2019-04-04 10:00:00
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Ancient art from Egypt, Greece, Italy and the Near East, as well as Asian, Pre-Columbian, Native American, African / Tribal / Oceanic, Spanish Colonial, Russian Icons, Fine art, much more! All categories, all price ranges... all legally acquired and guaranteed to be as described or your money back Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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- Lot Description
Egypt, Late Dynastic Period, 26th Dynasty, ca. 664 to 525 BCE. A wonderfully preserved example of a small model of a coffin, made from two pieces of wood, adorned with gesso over cloth, then painted. The coffin has a slot as part of its feet that is a third piece of wood, and probably indicates that it was meant to be displayed standing up, as in the Ptah-Soker-Osiris tradition. Size: 4.6" L x 4" W x 16.75" H (11.7 cm x 10.2 cm x 42.5 cm)
The back of the coffin is painted with a series of hieroglyphs, though few are still legible. Their mirror image positions indicate that this was meant to be read right-to-left, and clearly we can see three "E"s at the top, and the symbol for stairs a few lines down. Many of the other hieroglyphs seem to have been deliberately destroyed - the animal ones, in particular - a sad but unfortunately prevalent practice for objects placed in burial chambers. Based on a similar example in the British Museum, these hieroglyphs represented some kind of spells for protection in the afterlife. On the other side is a better-preserved painting showing a mummiform body; the paint has faded to pale pink, blue, and cream, with black details including a goatee and crown. The facial details are well-painted and wonderfully Egyptian, with huge eyes and dark, large eyebrows. The interior of the coffin is empty; the hollowed-out chamber is only in the upper body, with the legs not cut out. This chamber would once have contained a model of a human figure, perhaps made of wax or mud. One suggestion for their purpose is that they were meant as replacements where a real body had been lost, perhaps in a fire or flood.
Provenance: Ex-Hagar Collection, Ex-private NC collection acquired in the 1980's
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#119285Age wear, especially to the underside, with some losses to the wood along the connecting edges. Losses to the gesso and cracks to the paint/plaster are also present. Much artwork remains.Condition
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