Bas-relief Tutankhamun. 56 x 43 x 3 cm.

Description

Reproduction made of marble resin (marble powder + resin). The patinas of ageing are applied with natural earth.

Measurements: Height: 56 cm. Width: 43 cm. Depth: 3 cm.

The piece we reproduce is a bas-relief of the pharaoh Tutankhamun, inspired by the engravings on the chair found in the tomb of Tutankhamun in ancient Egypt.

Tutankhamun (c. 1342-c. 1325 BC), was a pharaoh of the 18th dynasty (16th-13th centuries BC). The son and successor of King Akhenaten, he ascended the throne at the age of nine and died at the age of eighteen. In his brief reign he restored the cult of the traditional Egyptian pantheon, which had been suppressed by his father in favour of the cult of the solar disc, Aten. His tomb was discovered almost intact by the English archaeologist Howard Carter in 1922.