FRAGMENT OF A ROYAL STATUE IN GRANO-DIORITE Egypt,... Lot 51

FRAGMENT OF A ROYAL STATUE IN GRANO-DIORITE Egypt, New Kingdom, early 19th dynasty Fragment carved with one hand and engraved on the other side of Sethi I's crowning cartouche, Menmaatra (The Ma'at of Ra is Lasting), and the birth cartouche, Sethi Mernptah (Sethi, beloved of Ptah). The rest of the fragment shows us the lower left corner of an offering table on which an elongated loaf of bread can be seen. Size: 20 x 20.5 cm Provenance: Acquired on the French art market in the mid-1970s. Private collection of Mr. X, Belgium An Egyptian fragment of a granodiorite royal statue, New Kingdom, Early 19th Dynasty The position of the hand indicates that the king was probably standing or kneeling, holding the table in front of him.