A bust of a female figurine carved from limestone

Description:

Egyptian, Middle Kingdom, 13th Dynasty, 18th-17th centuries BC
H. 11,5 cm (18,2 cm m.S.)
The woman places her left hand on her wig. This may be intended to convey a physical infirmity. Mounted on a plexiglass plinth.
Southern German private collection, purchased on 10 September 2001 from Jean-David Cahn, Basel, for SFR 3,200. Formerly in the Friedlinger-Pranter Collection (a copy of the invoice referring to the Friedlinger-Pranter Collection has been retained). Robert von Friedinger-Pranter (1894-1967) was an Austrian diplomat who served as Austria’s envoy to Cairo from 1950 to 1953.