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LATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXVI-XXX, 664-343 B.C.
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AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE FIGURE OF NEFERTUM
Late Period, Dynasty XXVI-XXX, 664-343 B.C.
Depicted striding forward with the left leg advanced, the feet missing, the eyes inlaid, wearing a striated, belted kilt, a tripartite wig fronted by a uraeus, a false beard and a characteristic lotus-form menat-flanked headdress, holding a falcon-headed attribute, with a notch on the chest
10 5/8 in. (27 cm) high
Late Period, Dynasty XXVI-XXX, 664-343 B.C.
Depicted striding forward with the left leg advanced, the feet missing, the eyes inlaid, wearing a striated, belted kilt, a tripartite wig fronted by a uraeus, a false beard and a characteristic lotus-form menat-flanked headdress, holding a falcon-headed attribute, with a notch on the chest
10 5/8 in. (27 cm) high
Provenance
Otto Wegener Collection, Munich, collected in the 1950s
Edgar Wegener, Hamburg, 1983
Thomas Wegener, 1995
Edgar Wegener, Hamburg, 1983
Thomas Wegener, 1995