Master Sculpture from Four Millennia

Master Sculpture from Four Millennia

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Property from a European Private Collection

An Egyptian Bronze Miniature Sarcophagus with Figure of Horus, Late Period, 664–332 B.C.

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July 1, 01:00 PM GMT

Estimate

5,000 - 8,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

the shrine-shaped rectangular coffin surmounted by a figure of the falcon god wearing the Double Crown of Upper and Lower Egypt.

Length 5 5/8 inches (14.2 cm.) 

Lempertz, Germany, Auction 597, November 26th, 1983, no. 1255, pl. 64

German private collection, acquired from the above

Gorny & Mosch, Munich, Auction 222, May 16th, 2014, no. 200, illus.

acquired from the above, then by descent to the current owner

For a similar example in the Brooklyn Museum, see https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/objects/117069. 

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