LATE PERIOD, CIRCA 7TH-6TH CENTURY B.C.

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AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE WEPWAWET STANDARD TERMINAL
LATE PERIOD, CIRCA 7TH-6TH CENTURY B.C.
The jackal god standing on a rectangular base with square mortise, with alert expression, pointed ears, slender body, with muscular hind legs and paws and long bushy tail
6¼ in. (16 cm.) long; 5¾ in. (14.5 cm.) high

Provenance

The Groppi Collection, Switzerland; acquired in the 1920s-1940s.

Exhibited

Antikensmuseum Basel und Sammlung Ludwig und Museum August Kestner Hannover, Köstlichkeiten aus Kairo!, 2008, no. 59.

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Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
Exhibition catalogue, Köstlichkeiten aus Kairo!, Antikensmuseum Basel und Sammlung Ludwig und Museum August Kestner Hannover, 2008, p. 115, no. 59.

Cf. Ancient Art: Gifts from the Norbert Schimmel Collection, The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, Spring 1992, no. 50, for a similar Wepwawet inlaid in gold. The Groppi example is solid cast, with eyes worked once the bronze was cold.

The main cult centre for Wepwawet was in Abydos, in Upper Egypt. Standards of this type were carried during funerary processions for divine protection, because Wepwawet acted as 'Opener of the Ways' during the deceased's perilous journey through the Underworld.

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