Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art
Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art
Property from an American Private Collection
An Egyptian Bronze Figure of Neith, Late Period, probably 26th Dynasty, 664-525 B.C.
Auction Closed
December 5, 03:41 PM GMT
Estimate
60,000 - 90,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
striding with her right arm by her side, her left arm held out to grasp the missing bow, arrows and sceptre, wearing a long, close-fitting dress and the red crown of Lower Egypt with square mortise at top, her eyes inlaid, the right foot missing.
Height 37.4 cm.
Hagop Kevorkian (1872-1962), New York
Kevorkian Foundation, New York (Sotheby’s, London, The Property of the Kevorkian Foundation, December 8th, 1970, no. 28)
Sotheby’s, London, July 6th, 1995, no. 218, illus.
French private collection
acquired from the above by the present owner
The present statuette lacks the broad copper and electrum collar worn by most Late Period standing bronze Neiths. This simplified dress seems to be characteristic of the 26th Dynasty, when the cult of the goddess rose to pre-eminence as the Saite kings established her cult centre at Sais as their capital. A contemporaneous example which likewise lacks the standard collar and features similar facial rendering is in the Brooklyn Museum (62.1).
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