Lot Essay
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THE PROPERTY FROM A EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTION
AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE APIS BULL
LATE PERIOD TO PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 664-30 B.C.
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AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE APIS BULL
Late Period to Ptolemaic Period, 664-30 B.C.
Depicted striding forward, with the left legs advanced, the genitalia and dewlap rendered, the ears prominent, a now-missing solar disk originally between the partly preserved horns; together with a Near Eastern bronze ram, circa 2nd millennium B.C., standing with its fore- and hind-legs placed closely together, the body rounded, with a thick tapering neck, a triangular head and large underslung horns
2¼ in. (5.7 cm) long; and 4½ in. (11.4 cm) high (2)
Late Period to Ptolemaic Period, 664-30 B.C.
Depicted striding forward, with the left legs advanced, the genitalia and dewlap rendered, the ears prominent, a now-missing solar disk originally between the partly preserved horns; together with a Near Eastern bronze ram, circa 2nd millennium B.C., standing with its fore- and hind-legs placed closely together, the body rounded, with a thick tapering neck, a triangular head and large underslung horns
2¼ in. (5.7 cm) long; and 4½ in. (11.4 cm) high (2)
Provenance
Apis Bull: G. Tribolati, 1964
Syrian Ram: Antiquities, Sotheby's London, 10 December 1984, lot 125
Syrian Ram: Antiquities, Sotheby's London, 10 December 1984, lot 125
Sale room notice
This lot is being offered not subject to a reserve.