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PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 304-30 B.C.
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AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE BELL
PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 304-30 B.C.
In the form of an inverted lotus, with the striated overlapping petals in low relief, the crown a reeded suspension loop, perforated below, the iron clapper strung through a wire hooked through a perforation on either side, one side embellished with relief decoration comprising a head of a falcon wearing a striated tripartite headcloth, a falcon headed scepter below, adorned with a broad collar and a tripartite headcloth surmounted by a uraeus, flanked by two nefer signs before inward facing wedjat-eyes and conforming brows, the irises in "black" bronze, adorsed crocodiles along the lower rim
2½ in. (6.4 cm.) high
PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 304-30 B.C.
In the form of an inverted lotus, with the striated overlapping petals in low relief, the crown a reeded suspension loop, perforated below, the iron clapper strung through a wire hooked through a perforation on either side, one side embellished with relief decoration comprising a head of a falcon wearing a striated tripartite headcloth, a falcon headed scepter below, adorned with a broad collar and a tripartite headcloth surmounted by a uraeus, flanked by two nefer signs before inward facing wedjat-eyes and conforming brows, the irises in "black" bronze, adorsed crocodiles along the lower rim
2½ in. (6.4 cm.) high
Provenance
with Summa Galleries, Los Angeles, 1982.
Thomas James Collins, Los Angeles.
Thereafter acquired by the current owner, New York.
Thomas James Collins, Los Angeles.
Thereafter acquired by the current owner, New York.
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