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© Bruce M. White, 2022.
ClassificationsAncient Egyptian Art

Coffin Base of Taosiris

Place FoundAkhmim, Egypt, Africa
CultureEgyptian
Periodearly Ptolemaic Period, reign of Ptolemy II
Date282-246 BCE
MediumWood, gesso, paint
Credit LineGift of the Georges Ricard Foundation
Dimensions72 1/4 x 20 1/2 x 4 1/2 in. (183.5 x 52 x 11.5 cm)
Object number2018.010.824B
Exhibition HistoryMichael C. Carlos Museum, Veneralia 2019 Senuseret Collection Preview, May 18, 2019
Life and the Afterlife: Ancient Egyptian Art from the Senusret Collection, Michael C. Carlos Museum, February 4 - August 6, 2023
ProvenanceSaid to have been excavated by Gaston Maspero (1846-1916) at Akhmim, Egypt. Said to be ex coll. Marius Cazeneuve (1839-1913), received as a gift, 1884. With Gabriel Peytraud, Toulouse, France, 1914. Said to be ex coll. Marquis de Gestas, Tarbes, France, from 1915. Purchased by Georges Ricard (1921-2012) from Francois Antonovich, 1975. Ex coll. Musée de l'Égypte et le Monde Antique, Collection Sanousrit, Monaco, 1975-1982. Ex coll. Georges Ricard Foundation, Santa Barbara, California.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art