Beschreibung:

EGYPTIAN WOODEN FOWL-ROASTING SCENE 11TH-12TH DYNASTY, 2010-1960 B.C. 12 1/4 in. (980 grams total, 31 cm wide). The scene comprising: a thick rectangular base with gessoed surface; squatting male figure in a white kilt with modelled hair and painted facial details, the hands drilled to accept the handles of tools; a wooden spit with impaled carcass of a roasting fowl in the left hand; a small fan in the right hand; a squat fire-bowl with rounded rim and recess to the upper edge. PROVENANCE: Acquired in the 1960s. From the collection of the late Egyptologist Surgeon Commander PHK Gray RN. From a Surrey, UK, collection. Accompanied by a scholarly note from Egyptologist Paul Whelan. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.202932. LITERATURE: Cf. Barker, G., Preparing for Eternity, Oxford, 2022, p.61, fig.2.31; Taylor, J.H., Death and the Afterlife in Ancient Egypt, London, 2001, pp.99-103, for discussion. FOOTNOTES: Crafted for the tomb to accompany the deceased and provide for him in the afterlife. CONDITION