Description:
The mummiform body is painted black, with a finely painted multibeaded floral collar with falcon-headed terminals, the face painted yellow with a blue tripartite wig, a feathered crown with ram's horns and a central sun disk on its head, standing on a rectangular plinth with a cavity which is covered by a miniature sarcophagus, both the figure and the plinth inscribed with funerary texts, mentioning the name of the owner, Padiherpakhered.
Dating:
Late Period, circa 664-332 B.C.
Size:
Height 68 cm.
Provenance:
Dutch private collection, acquired in 1981 in New York.
Stock number:
E1073
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