PAIR OF EGYPTIAN WOODEN ROWERS

拍品描述

Middle Kingdom, Ca. 2055 - 1790 BC. A pair of wooden rowers, each carved as an upright seated male figure with a rounded head and short wig, the faces with painted eyes and a triangular nose. The shoulders have mortises to receive separate arms, and the long torsos taper to block-like legs. The bodies are painted red over a white gesso ground. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 20.3.1. Size: 135-150mm x 35-40mm; Weight: 65g Provenance: Private UK collection, acquired on the French art market; Ex French collection 1970's.

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