Inv. n°: MMoCA110

Egyptian Fragment Relief of Three Seated Carpenters

Three workers seated facing another male approaching and holding an object. In the register below workers carrying baskets of papyrus.

h. 42.5 x w. 62.9 cm

Old Kingdom, Late 5th Dynasty, 2450-2345 BC

Limestone

Provenance

  • Ex French collection, acquired from Galerie Mythologie, Paris, 1974
  • Acquired by Royal-Athena Galleries from Didier Wormser (L'étoile d'Ishtar), Paris, June 2005
  • Acquired at Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, 22nd October 2008, LP0805

Publications

  • Art of the Ancien World, volume XVIII, royal-athena galleries, 2007, p. 75, lot 199
  • P. Clayton, "Ancient Egypt" in M. Merrony (ed.), Mougins Museum of Classical Art, France, 2011, p. 35, fig. 2

Exhibitions

  • Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, from June 2011

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