NEW KINGDOM, DYNASTY XIX-XX, CIRCA 1292-1069 B.C.

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AN EGYPTIAN GESSO-PAINTED WOOD SARCOPHAGUS INNER COVER
NEW KINGDOM, DYNASTY XIX-XX, CIRCA 1292-1069 B.C.
Finely carved in low relief, wearing blue-painted tripartite wig, ochre painted face with dark eyes and brows, wearing a broad wesekh-collar with lotus flower edge, and long rope necklace with a faience amuletic pendant, wearing a half-sleeved tunic with a triangular fold over the knees, both hands held flat against the thighs wearing decorated bracelets, with separately attached feet, mounted
77 in. (196 cm.) high

Provenance

With Galerie Palamedes, Geneva, Switzerland.
Collection of J-L. V., Swizerland, 1970s.

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Lot Essay

From the early 19th Dynasty onwards a number of coffins would nest one within the other and often contain an inner mummy board lying on top of the mummy, and underneath this a cartonnage mask. Cf. W. C. Hayes, The Scepter of Egypt, II, New York, 1959, pp. 414-415, no. 264 for an inner cover. These inner mummy boards would be flat and depict the deceased in the dress of their every day life.

Part-decorated mummy boards where only the top half with wig, face and collar painted are quite rare. See BMA.37.1520E, in The Brooklyn Museum, New York, for a a mummy board depicting a man with his arms held by his sides, part-decorated and dressed for everyday life.

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