Egyptian painted sarcophagus fragment with offering scene
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A fragment from a wooden sarcophagus cover with painted decoration to both sides over a layer of compressed mud and gesso. The exterior side is painted with a figure of an enthroned god (probably Osiris) receiving ritual offerings including a vase and lotus flower placed on a table before him.
Culture
Egypt, Third Intermediate Period, 1050-730 BC
Size
9.5 x 16 cms
Condition
Fragment as shown
Provenance
Ex. collection: Victor Emile Gabriel Chevallier (Paris, France 1889-1969) and Marguerite Jeanne Verel (Paris, France 1887-1962). Thence from 1969 passed through three generations of the same Parisian family by inheritance.