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EGYPTIAN AMARNA PERIOD SANDSTONE RELIEF DEPICTING THE PHARAOH WORSHIPPING THE GOD ATON
EGYPTIAN AMARNA PERIOD SANDSTONE RELIEF DEPICTING THE PHARAOH WORSHIPPING THE GOD ATON
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New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty Ca. 1353 - 1322 BC.
An amazing sandstone low relief from the Amarna period. A pharaoh, probably Amenhotep IV Akhenaton, is engraved with a crowned head, arms and body in profile. He is depicted worshipping the rays of the God Aton. This is a well-defined sculpture both in the boundary lines and in the homogeneous depth of the engraving. For similar see: British Museum, Registration number 1935,1109.2; Christie's, Live Auction 1691, Ancient Egyptian Art the Harer family trust collection, Lot. 12. This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy.
Size: 210mm x 230mm; Weight: 5.1kg
Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Private collection 1970s-1990s. Published in an exhibition catalogue: Andrea Thiem Christina (ed.), 'AM HOFE DES PHARAO. Von Amenophis I. bis Tutanchamun'. Palais del Arte, Bussolengo, 2002, p. 84. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
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EGYPTIAN AMARNA PERIOD SANDSTONE RELIEF DEPICTING THE PHARAOH WORSHIPPING THE GOD ATON

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