Lot n° 137
Estimation :
1500 - 1800
EUR
Statuette of a kneeling pharaoh - Lot 137
Statuette of a kneeling pharaoh
Egypt
Late Period, circa 663-332 B.C.
Bronze (accidents)
H. 13.8 cm (without tenon)
Statuette of a Pharaoh depicted in the kneeling position, the attitude most commonly adopted by ancient Egyptian metalworkers for royal representations of their rulers in bronze. The king wears a pleated loincloth, as well as a striated nemesis adorned at the front with a uraeus. The bands of the loincloth fall to his shoulders. His arms are bent at the waist, his right hand missing. A tenon under the feet was used to attach the statuette to a base that no longer exists.
Provenance :
- Former private collection Paris, France, acquired in Egypt in the early 20th century by the current owner's grandfather.
Literature:
- Marshal Hill, Royal Bronze Statuary from Ancient Egypt with special attention to the Kneeling Pose, Leiden 2004
- J. Aubert, Bronzes et Or Egyptiens, Paris 1998
- G. Roeder, Ägyptische Bronzefiguren, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Berlin 1956
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