AN EGYPTIAN PLASTER RELIEF FRAGMENT WITH MALE PORTERS, LATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXVI

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AN EGYPTIAN PLASTER RELIEF FRAGMENT WITH MALE PORTERS, LATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXVI This lot is from a single owner collection and is therefore offered without reserve The Jorgen Ruben Gallery Ledger, entry from 2005: “No. 91, HH 1972, Egypt 26th dyn. Mentuemhat tomb relief of two men carrying gifts in baskets, hieroglyphs” Gallery price: EUR 18,000 or approx. EUR 30,000 adjusted for inflation at the time of writing. The ledger establishes that this object was located in Europe before the UNESCO 1970 Convention entered into force. Egypt, 664-525 BC. Carved in relief, the fragment preserves two offering bearers walking and facing to the left, carrying a pole across their shoulders with ropes tied to support a loa, all beneath a series of hieroglyphs. Important Note: For essential information on the Jorgen Ruben Gallery Ledger and provenance documentation please visit here: www.zacke.at/rubencollection_ledger Dimensions: Length 29 cm With an associated stand. (2) Literature comparison: Compare a related smaller limestone relief fragment depicting a man carrying a pole, Dynasty 25-26, 12 cm wide, illustrated by I. Gamer-Wallert in Vermerk: Fundort unbekannt: ägyptologische Entdeckungen bei Privatsammlern in und um Stuttgart, Tubingen, 1997, no. 94, and later sold at Christie’s London, 25 October 2012, lot 63. Auction result comparison: Type: Related Auction: Christie’s London, 6 July 2022, lot 43 Price: GBP 138,600 or approx. EUR 191,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing Expert remark: Compare the related subject and stone, albeit carved in sunken relief. Note the size (34.9 cm).

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