Bidspirit auction | EGYPTIAN FRAGMENT DEPICTING A WORSHIPPER

EGYPTIAN FRAGMENT DEPICTING A WORSHIPPER - Ca. 1550 - 1070 BC.An Egyptian hard-stone fragment, depicting a seated deity with a long Nemes and knees closed to the chest. This is similar to the cube statues introduced during the New Kingdom era. This piece has an engraved section on the reverse side. It was likely part of a mould for either clay or metal.Size: 40mm x 22mm; Weight: 32gProvenance: Property of a London gallery; previously in a collection of a North London gentleman; formerly in a collection of Mrs B. Ellison, a deceased former member of the Egyptian Exploration Fund, bought from the 1940s, Cairo and London.