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AN EGYPTIAN POLYCHROME CARTONNAGE FRAGMENT
AN EGYPTIAN POLYCHROME CARTONNAGE FRAGMENT
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An Egyptian polychrome cartonnage fragment
Late Ptolemaic Period, circa 2nd-1st Century B.C.
Brightly painted in polychromy, depicting the kneeling figure of Nut with her wings outstretched, holding a single plume in each hand, below two rectangular panels each containing a djed pillar flanked on each side by a Girdle of Isis, with a band of stars above, the goddess kneeling next to further djed and tjet symbols, with striped and chequer decoration below, the interior with a simplistic sketch of kneeling Nut in black and red, mirroring the exterior, 29cm x 27cm

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Provenance:
with Galerie Athena, Brussels.
Private collection, Geneva, acquired from the above 11 September 1978.
Private collection, Europe, acquired from the above in 2006.

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AN EGYPTIAN POLYCHROME CARTONNAGE FRAGMENT

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