Provenance Information

Ex private collection, East Coast, United States. With Allan Anawati [Medusa Ancient Art], Montreal, Quebec/Champlain, New York. With Archeologica Gallery, early 1980s. With Splendors of the World, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Ex coll. Kenneth Falck, United States, purchased from Artemis Gallery, Erie, Colorado, January 2015.

Exhibition Information

Divine Felines: Cats of Ancient Egypt, Michael C. Carlos Museum, February 10 - November 11, 2018

Publication Information

To our knowledge, this object has never been published.

Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970

Cumulative facts and circumstances

Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above

NA

Provenance Information

Ex private collection, France, from 1950s. With Jorgen Ruben [Classic Art], Copenhangen, Denmark. With Bonhams London, October 6, 2010, lot 12 (unsold lot). Purchased by MCCM from Ruben.

Exhibition Information

Life and Death in the Pyramid Age: The Emory Old Kingdom Mummy, Michael C. Carlos Museum, September 10 - December 11, 2011
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, June 3, 2013 - Present

Publication Information

Peter Lacovara, "Life and Death in the Pyramid Age," Minerva 22 (2011): 12-13.

Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970

Informed judgement that works were outside of the country of modern discovery before 1970

Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above

Work reported in French collection in 1950s.

Provenance Information

With J.R. Ogden and Sons, Ltd., London, England, 1982. Purchased by MCCM from Christie's New York, December 8, 2005, lot 28.

Exhibition Information

From Pharaohs to Emperors: New Egyptian and Classical Antiquities at Emory, Michael C. Carlos Museum, January 14 - April 2, 2006
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, 2006 - March 13, 2018
MCCM Permanent Collection Gallery, June 4, 2018 - Present

Publication Information

Christie's New York, Ancient Jewelry (Thursday, December 8, 2005), 15, lot 28.

Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970

Gift or bequest expected or on loan prior to 2008

Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above

Acquired by museum in 2005.

Provenance Information

Ex private collection, France. With Charles Ede Ltd., London, England, acquired from Jean-Philippe Mariaud de Serres (1944-2007) [Galerie Serres], Paris, France, November 5, 2003. With Rupert Wace Ancient Art, Ltd., London, England, purchased from Charles Ede Ltd. Purchased by MCCM from Rupert Wace.

Exhibition Information

From Pharaohs to Emperors: New Egyptian and Classical Antiquities at Emory, Michael C. Carlos Museum, January 14 - April 2, 2006
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, 2006 - Present

Publication Information

Charles Ede Ltd., Egyptian Antiquities (2004), number 11.
Rupert Wace Ancient Art (2005), number 37.
Peter Lacovara and Jasper Gaunt, "From Pharaohs to Emperors: Egyptian, Near Eastern & Classical Antiquities at Emory," Minerva 17 (January/February 2006): 9-16.

Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970

Gift or bequest expected or on loan prior to 2008

Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above

Acquired by museum in 2005.

Provenance Information

Purchased by MCCM from Christies New York, June 12, 2002, lot 260.

Exhibition Information

MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, 2006 - August 15, 2011
Life and Death in the Pyramid Age: The Emory Old Kingdom Mummy, Michael C. Carlos Museum, September 10 - December 11, 2011
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, February 2012 - Present

Publication Information

Christie's New York, Antiquities (June 12, 2002), 150-151, number 260.
Peter Lacovara, "Life and Death in the Pyramid Age," Minerva 22 (September/October 2011): 12-13.

Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970

Gift or bequest expected or on loan prior to 2008

Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above

Acquired by the museum in 2002.

Provenance Information

Ex private collection, Europe. Ex Micheline Lesser Collection. With Alan Safani [Safani Gallery], New York, New York, purchased November 5, 1985. With Galerie Nefer, Zurich, Switzerland, 1987. Acquired by MCCM from Safani.

Exhibition Information

MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 2001 - March 13, 2018
MCCM Permanent Collection Gallery, June 4, 2018 - Present

Publication Information

Galerie Nefer, Nefer 5 (1987), 20, number 30.

Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970

Gift or bequest expected or on loan prior to 2008

Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above

Acquired by museum in 2001.

Provenance Information

Ex Thetis Foundation Collection, Geneva, Switzerland. With Sotheby's New York, December 17, 1998, lot 397. Purchased by MCCM from Jerome Eisenberg (1930-2022) [Royal-Athena Galleries], New York, New York.

Exhibition Information

MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 2001 - August 8, 2011
Life and Death in the Pyramid Age: The Emory Old Kingdom Mummy, Michael C. Carlos Museum, September 10 - December 11, 2011
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, February 2012 - Present

Publication Information

Sotheby's New York, Antiquities, December 17, 1998, 170, 194, lot 397
Royal-Athena Galleries, Art of the Ancient World Volume XI (2000), 45, number 112.
Peter Lacovara and Betsy Teasley Trope, The Realm of Osiris (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum, 2001), 24.

Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970

Gift or bequest expected or on loan prior to 2008

Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above

Acquired by museum in 2000.

Provenance Information

Tomb of Sebekhotep (Theban Necropolis Tomb TT63), Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, Egypt [see note 1]. Acquired in New York, by William Kelly Simpson (1928–2017), New York, and Katonah, N.Y.; bequeathed to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2017

Note 1: Wall painting fragment showing three offering bearers moving to the right was photographed in situ between about 1926–40 as part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Egyptian Expedition by Archaeological photographer and Egyptologist, Harry Burton (1879–1940) (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Department of Egyptian Art Archives, MMA T 2784, copy in accession file) A portion of the fragment was also traced in situ sometime between 1920–40 by Nina M. Davies (1881–1965) and Norman de Garis Davies (1865–1941) (Oxford Griffith Institute, Davies MSS. 10.21.1, copy in accession file)

Exhibition Information

N/A

Publication Information

"Acquisitions July 1, 2017–June 30, 2018," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin: Online Supplement (accessed December 1, 2018), 11

Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970

N/D

Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above

N/A

Provenance Information

"Tomb of Sebekhotep (Theban Necropolis Tomb TT63), Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, Egypt [see note 1]. With Galerij Ancient Art, Amsterdam, 1979; William Kelly Simpson (1928–2017), New York, and Katonah, N.Y.; bequeathed to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2017

Note 1: Wall painting fragment showing a figure carrying an offering stand was photographed in situ between about 1924–40 by three archaeological expeditions and/or epigraphic surveys, including archaeological photographer and Egyptologist, Harry Burton (1879–1940), as part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Egyptian Expedition (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Department of Egyptian Art Archives, MMA T 2774–2777, copy in accession file); by the Chicago Oriental Institute Epigraphic Survey (Chic. Or. Institute Epigraphic Survey, no. 2854, copy in accession file); and by German Egyptologist Siegfried Schott (1897–1971) (Das Digital Schotts-Archiv Trier, no. 4335, copy in accession file)

Exhibition Information

N/A

Publication Information

"Acquisitions July 1, 2017–June 30, 2018," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin: Online Supplement (accessed December 1, 2018), 11

Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970

N/D

Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above

N/A

Provenance Information

Archaeological findspot unknown. By 1988, said to have been with Jean-Loup Despras (d. 2001), Galerie Orient-Occident, Paris. 1988-1989, Mark Bronson (Bronson Fine Art), Santa Monica, CA. 1989-2022, Dubroff Collection, acquired from Sotheby’s, New York, (“Antiquities and Islamic Art,” November 29, 1989, Lot 163). 2022, Worcester Art Museum, gift of Lewis and Elaine Dubroff.

Exhibition Information

Exhibited at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston from 1989 to 2022.

Publication Information

Sotheby’s, New York, "Antiquities and Islamic Art," November 29, 1989, Lot 163.

Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970

Cumulative facts and circumstances

Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above

This object has a known provenance dating to 1989, when it was sold at public auction in New York. It has a credible reported provenance dating back to 1988, for which written documentation has not yet been found. Provenance research is ongoing. Prior to its acquisition by the Worcester Art Museum, it was on public display from 1989 to 2022 at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

This object adds significantly to the Worcester Art Museum’s collection of Egyptian antiquities. As a late Ptolemaic example, it bridges the temporal gulf between the Museum's other two Egyptian sarcophagi, one dated to the New Kingdom, the other to the Roman period. Its richly painted surface, which includes scenes of mummification and the deceased's voyage through the afterlife, adds considerably to the Museum’s presentation of ancient Egyptian beliefs and funerary practices.