Wooden furniture leg


Accession Number
EC781b
Current Location
In storage
Object Type
Furniture, Furniture element
Period
Graeco-Roman Period
Material
Wood
Provenance
Egypt, Akhmim
Measurements
Height: 445mm | Width: 102mm | Depth: 91mm
Number of Elements
1
Culture
Egyptian

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Description

A lathe-turned furniture leg dating to the Graeco-Roman Period. It is probably from Akhmim.

Other Identity
W2061 (W2061 is on photographs taken pre 1997 previously in the possession of VA Donohue)
Auction
Sotheby, Wilkinson, & Hodge: 19–21 Dec 1906
Previous Owners
Robert de Rustafjaell (1859–1943) | Sir Henry Solomon Wellcome (1853–1936)
Acquisition
Long-term loan, The Wellcome Trust (15 Feb 1971)
Last modified: 26 Nov 2021
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