An Egyptian Bronze Uraeus, Late Period, 716-30 B.C.
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July 5, 12:50 PM GMT
Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 GBP
Lot Details
Description
An Egyptian Bronze Uraeus
Late Period, 716-30 B.C.
probably from the crown of large statuette, finely modeled, the cobra shown erect, its flaring hood with recesses for glass inlay, a square tenon behind for attachment.
Height 8.5 cm.
private collection, Paris, acquired in the 1970s/1980s
acquired by the present owner in 2014
acquired by the present owner in 2014
Compare George Steindorff, Catalogue of the Egyptian Sculpture in the Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, 1946, pl. CIV, no. 699.