Lot Essay
For a similar example, its headdress still preserved, see fig. 27 in M. Hill, ed., Gifts for the Gods.
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THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD TO LATE PERIOD, 21ST-30TH DYNASTY, 1070-343 B.C.
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AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE NEFERTEM
THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD TO LATE PERIOD, 21ST-30TH DYNASTY, 1070-343 B.C.
Striding forward with the left leg advanced, wearing a belted pleated kilt, his right arm lowered, his left bent acutely, the forearm projecting forward, with a braided chin beard and a striated tripartite headcloth once surmounted by a now-missing crown, its circular tenon preserved
5½ in. (13.9 cm.) high
THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD TO LATE PERIOD, 21ST-30TH DYNASTY, 1070-343 B.C.
Striding forward with the left leg advanced, wearing a belted pleated kilt, his right arm lowered, his left bent acutely, the forearm projecting forward, with a braided chin beard and a striated tripartite headcloth once surmounted by a now-missing crown, its circular tenon preserved
5½ in. (13.9 cm.) high
Provenance
with Edward H. Merrin Gallery, New York, 1968.
Private Collection, New York, 1968-2011.
Private Collection, New York, 1968-2011.
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