A BRONZE FIGURE OF IMHOTEP
Dynasty XXX-Ptolemaic Period, 380-30 B.C.
Deoicted seated, wearing a long pleated kilt and broad collar, his bare feet resting on an integral base, an open papyrus scroll on his lap with two lines of hieroglyphs identifying Imhotep as the son of Ptah and Kheredankh
4in. (10cm.) high
拍品專文
Imhotep was a Third Dynasty official who designed the Step Pyramid of King Djoser and was deified as the god of medicine and the patron of scribes.