ANCIENT ART
Sarcophagus lid Wood, depicting a man wearing tripartite wig and broad collar with falcon-head terminals; body decorated with sky goddess Nut with outspread wings, and three horizontal bands with hieroglyphs, kneeling figures mourning Height 182 cm Egypt, New Kingdom, 18th dynasty, circa 1386-1349 BC, reign of Amenhotep III
Provenance Private collection, Paris, 1950s; thence by descent; Private collection J.R., the Netherlands; acquired from Royal Athena Galleries, New York, 2007
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