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THBEgyptian Middle Kingdom Painted Wood Boatman
Lot 2a
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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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Mar 21, 2019
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Featuring classical antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art from cultures encompassing the globe, plus fine art. Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Etruscan, Near Eastern, Asian, Pre-Columbian, Native American, African / Tribal, Oceanic, Spanish Colonial, Russian, Fine Art, so much more! Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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Ancient Egypt, Middle Kingdom, 11th to 13th Dynasty, ca. 2040 to 1782 BCE. A fine wooden sacred boatman figure, skillfully carved in the characteristic squatting position of a rower, with arms held downward as if grasping an oar. The figure wears an ankle-length skirt with an exposed chest and has a classic cap-form coiffure elegantly topping his minimalist face. Once carved, the figure was coated with a thin layer of gesso atop which white, red, and black pigment are presented. Archaeologists typically find two ships in almost all tombs that have models from the Middle Kingdom period, and those ships are usually staffed by boatmen like this one - created to be a servants in the afterlife, ready to row the deceased upon the eternal Nile, as actual boatmen would have done in real life. Size: 2.3" W x 5.1" H (5.8 cm x 13 cm); 6.25" H (15.9 cm) on included custom stand.
During the Sixth Dynasty, it became common to place wooden models of lifelike scenes in Egyptian tombs; by the Middle Kingdom, they were placed in the tomb chamber, around the coffin, although some very lavish tombs had a separate chamber just for wooden models. Funerary boat models were created to assist in the deceased's journey through the underworld, and the most well-known models came from Meketre's tomb, more than half of which were funerary boats.
Provenance: private New York, New York, USA collection; purportedly deaccessioned from Museum of World Treasures, Wichita, Kansas, USA
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#143594Minor nicks and abrasions to body, arms, and head, with fading to original pigmentation, and light encrustations. Nice earthen deposits and traces of original pigmentation throughout. Old inventory label on verso.Condition
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