Ankh-ef-en-Sekhmet Entertained by a Harpist

ca. 550-525 BCE (Late Period)

65 cm 44 cm

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Late Period interest in the past is clearly demonstrated in this work, whose composition, clothing, and poses all recall Old Kingdom and Middle Kingdom works. Details such as the crisp precision of the carving and the presence of personal names date the piece to the Late Perio...

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Khawam Brothers, Cairo, prior to 1930; Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1931, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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