Lot Essay
The facial features find close parallel in portraits of Cleopatra II and III. See, for example, no. 72 in R.S. Bianchi, Cleopatra's Egypt, Age of the Ptolemies.
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PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 2ND CENTURY B.C.
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AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE NEITH
PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 2ND CENTURY B.C.
Striding forward with her left leg advanced, her left arm bent and projecting forward from her elbow, her right arm straight at her side, both hands fisted, wearing the Red Crown of Lower Egypt and a tightly-fitted sheath, on an integral rectangular plinth, a tang below for insertion
6¼ in. (15.9 cm.) high
PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 2ND CENTURY B.C.
Striding forward with her left leg advanced, her left arm bent and projecting forward from her elbow, her right arm straight at her side, both hands fisted, wearing the Red Crown of Lower Egypt and a tightly-fitted sheath, on an integral rectangular plinth, a tang below for insertion
6¼ in. (15.9 cm.) high
Provenance
with Said Moulattam, Luxor.
C.F. Battiscombe, Esq., London, acquired from the above prior to 1934; thence by descent.
C.F. Battiscombe, Esq., London, acquired from the above prior to 1934; thence by descent.
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