Details
AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE AMUN
LATE NEW KINGDOM TO EARLY THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD, CIRCA 1200-800 B.C.
Solid cast and superbly detailed, the god depicted striding forward on his left leg, wearing a belted, striated kilt, the belt narrowing from back to front, embellished with rows of zigzag, centered in the front by a cartouche, with a very narrow waist, his right arm lowered, his left projecting forward at the acutely-bent elbow, once holding an attribute in his fisted hand, his neck bent forward, his youthful face with highly-expressive portrait-like features, including broad cheeks, the large almond-shaped eyes once inlaid, the modelled brows possibly inlaid in contrasting metal, a small nose rounded at the tip, and full lips with furrows descending from the corners of the mouth, the ears prominent, his smooth chin beard curled out at its tip, the now-missing plumes once inserted into the top of his distinctive crown; on an integral rectangular base
6 3/8 in. (16.1 cm.) high
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Charles Ratton, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 28 June 1966, lot 44.
Mr. Evrard de Rouvres, Paris, 1973.
Literature
R.A. Lunsingh Scheurleer, ed., Egypte, Eender en Anders, Amsterdam, 1984, p. 52, no. 70.
G. Weill Goudchaux, "Promenade autour d'un bronze égyptien," in Art Passion, Revue d'Art de Culture, Geneva, 2007, p. 47-52.
Exhibited
Amsterdam, Allard Pierson Museum, Egypte, Eender en Anders, 1984.
