Four Egyptian linen fragments
Kushite Period-Late Period, circa 747-332 B.C. and Ptolemaic Period, circa 323-30 B.C.
Comprising two mummy wrapping fragments, the larger depicting the sons of Horus Duamutef and Qebehsenuef above, the sisters Isis and Nephthys in mourning posture below, a netting motif in the background, two rows of text naming the figures, a central column of hieroglyphs with an offering formula and the name of the deceased, possibly Hwtdjehutysmatawy, the smaller fragment showing a falcon-headed deity wearing a sun disc, 47cm high and 14cm high; and two mummy bandage fragments, the larger with Hieratic text with part of a spell, the smaller inscribed in Demotic script containing the name Padimin and the patronimic Djed, 56cm long and 20cm long注脚Provenance.
George Anastase Michaelides (1900-1973) collection, acquired in Egypt during 1930s-1940s and exported to London in the 1940s; and thence by descent.
Private collection, UK, collection, acquired in London from the daughter of George Michaelides in the early 1970s.
Anonymous sale; Bonhams, London, 1 April 2014, lot 241.
Private collection, UK, acquired at the above sale.