Lot #109 - A fragment of ancient Egyptian cartonnage
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Auction House:Cordy's
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Sale Name:February 2018 Art & Antique Auction
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Sale Date:27 Feb 2018 ~ 9.30am (NZ time) - Session 1: Lots 1 - 447
27 Feb 2018 ~ 5pm (NZ time) - Session 2: Lots 1 - 859 -
Lot #:109
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Lot Description:A fragment of ancient Egyptian cartonnage
from an Egyptian mummy case made of tightly fitting layers of linen or papyrus glued together, decorated with the god Anubis (the god of embalming and the dead), approximate date after 300 B.C., overpainted at a later date, framed and mounted under glass. Together with a stone head probably after an ancient Greek carving (on later stand). -
Estimate:NZ$1,200 - 1,200
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Realised Price:
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Category:Antiquities
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