Master Sculpture from Four Millennia

Master Sculpture from Four Millennia

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An Egyptian Bronze Figure of Nefertum, 26th Dynasty, 664-525 B.C.

Auction Closed

July 3, 02:32 PM GMT

Estimate

30,000 - 40,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

An Egyptian Bronze Figure of Nefertum

26th Dynasty, 664-525 B.C.


son of Ptah, striding and holding the khepresh saber in his right hand, his left clenched hand by his side, and wearing a short pleated wraparound kilt with broad belt, bracelets, armlets, braided beard with curled tip, and striated tripartite wig with uraeus, his headdress composed of a lotus blossom flanked by menats and surmounted by plumes.

Height 28.3 cm.

J. Melton, London

J. J. Klejman, New York, acquired from the above on June 9th, 1961

Japanese private collection, acquired in the early 1970s

Merrin Gallery, New York

acquired by the present owner from the above in October 2019


Published

Sotheby's, New York, December 7th, 2005, no. 16, illus.

Christie's, London, December 16th, 2020, no. 12, illus.

For related examples see G. Roeder, Ägyptische Bronzefiguren, 1956, pls. 3, c and d, 4, e.

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