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LATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXI-XXX, 664-343 B.C.
Details
AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE URAEUS
LATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXI-XXX, 664-343 B.C.
Solid cast with a flaring hood, the end of the curving body bent backward in undulations along the back of the hood, balanced atop a papyrus umbel, its head crowned by a solar disk, the intricate scale pattern rendered by incision
4½ in. (11.5 cm.) high
LATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXI-XXX, 664-343 B.C.
Solid cast with a flaring hood, the end of the curving body bent backward in undulations along the back of the hood, balanced atop a papyrus umbel, its head crowned by a solar disk, the intricate scale pattern rendered by incision
4½ in. (11.5 cm.) high
Provenance
Acquired in the late 1950s or early 1960s, Drury Lane, London.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 29 October 2003, lot 241 (part).
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 29 October 2003, lot 241 (part).