Lot 64
  • 64

An Egyptian Bronze Figure of Amun, Late Period, 716-30 B.C.

Estimate
6,000 - 9,000 USD
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Description

  • An Egyptian Bronze Figure of Amun
  • Bronze
  • Height without tenon 8 1/2 in. 21.6 cm.
seated with his feet resting on an inscribed foot-stool, one hand resting on his knee, the other hand extended, and wearing a striated kilt with central tab, striated belt, broad beaded collar, braided beard, and the cap of Amun surmounted by plumes and sun-disk.

Provenance

Egyptian family collection, Alexandria and Cairo, acquired in the early part of the 20th century in Egypt and Europe, and transferred from Egypt to northern European family residences in the early 1950s
Northern European private collection, by direct descent from the above in the 1970s
acquired from the above by the present owner in 2002

Condition

Good and as shown in catalogue, back right corner of base damaged (perhaps a casting flaw), some small areas of incrustation remaining on back.
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