AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE NEITH

LATE PERIOD, 26TH DYNASTY, CIRCA 664-525 B.C.

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AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE NEITH
LATE PERIOD, 26TH DYNASTY, CIRCA 664-525 B.C.
Striding with her left leg advanced, her left arm projecting forward from the elbow, holding a was-sceptre, her right arm at her side, wearing the Red Crown of Lower Egypt and a tightly-fitted dress with a finely detailed broad collar, standing on a integral rectangular plinth, inscribed around the exterior, the hieroglyphs reading: 'May Neith give life to Peftjawy-Neith, son of Padi-Neith'
8 ¼ in. (21 cm.) high

Provenance

with Jock Francken, Munich.
Resandro collection, acquired from the above, 1980.

Exhibited

Munich, Staatliche Sammlung Ägypischer Kunst, Entdeckungen, Ägyptische Kunst in Süddeutschland, 30 August-6 October 1985.
Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung; Berlin, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin; Munich, Staatliche Sammlung Ägyptischer Kunst Munchen; Hamburg, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg, Gott und Götter im Alten Ägypten, 1992-1993.

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Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
Schoske & Wildung, 1985, p. 136, no. 117.
Schoske & Wildung, 1993, 149, no. 103.
Grimm-Stadelmann, 2012, p. 154, no. R-451.

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