Description: Ptolemaic sarcophagus cover (fragment). Egypt. Around 200 BC. Wood, covered with stucco and painted polychrome. Mask with three-piece wig, below the head a multi-row breast collar. Below depiction of scenes from the Egyptian death ritual. 90 x 50 cm. Provenance: Collection Peter Schenning, Goslar. Acquired in 1984 at Galerie Valentien, Stuttgart. Formerly a private collection Wolff-Jontofsohn, Freiburg, acquired here from a large German collection. (The classification and dating of this work took place at that time with the help of Dr. Manfred Weber, see auction Lempertz Cologne No. 597, Lot 1263A). Confirmation, invoice and correspondence Gallery Valentien / Schenning / Wolff-Jontofsohn from the years 1984/1985 enclosed in copy.
Date: about 200 bc.
Condition Report: Condition Report available on request
Provenance: Collection Peter Schenning, Goslar. Acquired in 1984 at Galerie Valentien, Stuttgart. Formerly a private collection Wolff-Jontofsohn, Freiburg, acquired here from a large German collection. (The classification and dating of this work took place at that time with the help of Dr. Manfred Weber, see auction Lempertz Cologne No. 597, Lot 1263A). Confirmation, invoice and correspondence Gallery Valentien / Schenning / Wolff-Jontofsohn from the years 1984/1985 enclosed in copy.
Notes: ?gypten, um 200 v.Chr.