A Bronze Figure of Amun, 21st/22nd Dynasty, 1075-716 B.C.

the god striding on an inscribed rectangular base with his right hand held to his chest and once holding a sickle-shaped sword, an ankh formerly held in his left hand, and wearing anklets, bracelets, armbands, wrap-around kilt with triangular belt tab in front, scale armor with chevron-engraved shoulder straps, broad collar with trapezoidal tassel behind, inserted braided beard with beard-straps recessed for inlay, and the Crown of Amun with mortise for insertion of plumes, his face with outlined lips, slightly aquiline nose, and recessed eyes and eyebrows, remains of silver inlay in the right eyebrow and left eye.

North Carolina private collection, acquired in the early 1980s

Compare the 22nd Dynasty gold figure of Amun in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, formerly in the collection of the Earl of Carnarvon (Burlington Fine Arts Exhibition, p. 106, no. 11, pl. XVI).