Wood Panel with a Standing Anubis

Culture: Egyptian

Period: Late period, 664-332 B.C.

Material: Wood

Dimensions: 28.8 cm x 15.5 cm

Price: Sold

Ref: 1197

Provenance: American private collection prior to 1948, since then in a family collection.

Condition: Fragment

Description: Wood panel with polychrome painting depicting a standing Anubis, the jackal headed god of the death rites and the mummification, in a long red vestment. Possibly a side panel of an ushebti box. On the right still an ancient wood nail.