Sarcophagus in a European Museum, c. 1950 Vintage... Lot 103

Sarcophagus in a European Museum, c. 1950 Vintage silver print on doubleweight glossy paper, 23,5x30 cm, titled, pencil, mount verso: “Masque de sarcophage” The sarcophagus is one of a group with plump, squarish broad faces, smooth unarticulated bodies that originate in the Memphite area and date, when their dates can be closely ascertained, to the time from the reign of Psamtik II (ca. 595-589 B.C.) through the reign of Amasis (570-526 BC). Several of them may have been produced by the same workshop; this one bears a strong resemblance to one in Leiden datable by his name to the reign of Amasis. Technically the sarcophagus is one of the masterpieces of late Egyptian hard-stone carving.