FINE ANCIENT EGYPTIAN CARTONNAGE PANEL EGYPT, NEW KINGDOM, C. 1550 - 1070 B.C. pigment over cartonnage, the top of the central register depicting a winged scarab holding a sun disc, two mummified figures, likely the deceased, lie underneath, the register below features four gods; Isis, Nepthys, Thoth and Horus, flanking a crowned sceptre and two Pschent-crowned uraei representing Lower and Upper Egypt, two human headed birds are also seen, standing astride two sceptres, the third register depicts the deceased in mummified form, lying on a lion headed brier whilst Ba flies above, beneath we see the four canopic jars of the mummification process, the fourth register depicts the four sons of Horus, gods of the mummification process; the jackal-headed Duamutef, baboon Hapi, falcon-headed Qebehsenuef and the human appearing Imsety, the deceased is presented between them, their legs and ribs forming into a djed pillar, the fifth register shows four further dieties, coloured green to associate them with the underworld, the final panels at the base depict dual Anubis figures in jackal form, split by a vertical band of hieroglyphs, the central registers are bordered by two similar scenes depicting a funeral barge with each vessel carrying different deities, lead by Isis on the right and Ba on the left (101cm tall) Footnote: Provenance: From an old United Kingdom family collection, inherited by the current owner in 1970, originally acquired prior to 1960.