Property from the Collection of David and Louise Carter, Connecticut
An Egyptian Bronze Figure of Ptah, 25th/early 26th Dynasty, circa 750-600 B.C.
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July 6, 12:27 PM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
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Property from the Collection of David and Louise Carter, Connecticut
An Egyptian Bronze Figure of Ptah
25th/early 26th Dynasty, circa 750-600 B.C.
standing with his hands emerging from his cloak and holding the was-scepter and ankh, and wearing bracelets, broad beaded collar with tassel behind, wide ribbed beard, and close-fitting cap, his finely featured face with silver(?)-overlaid eyes, remains of inlay, likely black bronze, in the beard-straps and eyebrows.
Height 17.1 cm.
private collection, Chicago and New York, probably acquired in Egypt in the 1920s; thence by descent to the present owner
An old typed note attached to the underside of the base ends “N. Tano, Egypt, Cairo” (very probably the respected Cairo dealer Nicolas Tano, 1866-1924).
For bronze figures of Ptah holding the ankh as well as the was-scepter see M. Hill and D. Schorsch, "Ptah's Profile," in Another Mouthful Of Dust, Egyptological Studies in Honour of Geoffrey Thorndike Martin, ed. J. Van Dikj, Leuven, 2016, fig. 10a/b, pp. 266-267. See also G. Steindorff, Catalogue of Egyptian Sculpture in the Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, 1946. Nos. 493, 495, and 496.
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