371, Lot: 1167. Estimate $400. Sold for $320. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Terra cotta funerary cone of Sheshanq. 18th-26th Dynasty, circa 1523-525 BC. Outer end inscribed “Hereditary prince, count, chief steward (of) the divine adoratrice, the controller of all her works, Sheshanq, son of the overseer of chamberlains of the wardrobe (of) the divine adoratrice, Horsaaset.”
Diameter: 9.9cm. Tail missing. A large and reasonably clear example. Dibley & Lipkin 445.