Egyptian Limestone Relief FragmentAn ancient Egyptian painted limestone relief fragment depicting a woman seated behind her husband, she wears a dark wig, broad collar, and a long white sheath dress and holds an unopened lotus flower on a long stem in her right hand. New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, Formerly in a New York estate, acquired in the 1970's or earlier; old labels reading "Mural Decoration. TOMBS of the queens. Dehr el Bahri. Thebes. XVIII Dynasty. 1500 BC / Queen Hatshepsut on Throne with her husband Thutmosis III at right (shoulder and arm)." Inv#: 8126 $20,000 Guaranteed Authentic |
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