Lot Essay
Khonsu was an integral member of the Theban triad whose lunar associations complemented the solar associations of his parents Amun-re and Mut.
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LATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXVI, 664-525 B.C.
Details
AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE KHONSU
LATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXVI, 664-525 B.C.
The moon god of Thebes depicted seated, his feet positioned together on an integral plinth, a tenon below for insertion, clad in a striated belted skirt, wearing a tripartite wig fronted by a uraeus, crowned with a crescent moon and solar disk, the striated false beard curved, the eyes inlaid in electrum and copper
6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm.) high excluding tenon
LATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXVI, 664-525 B.C.
The moon god of Thebes depicted seated, his feet positioned together on an integral plinth, a tenon below for insertion, clad in a striated belted skirt, wearing a tripartite wig fronted by a uraeus, crowned with a crescent moon and solar disk, the striated false beard curved, the eyes inlaid in electrum and copper
6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm.) high excluding tenon
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 8 December 1986, lot 153.
with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, 1988 (Art of the Ancient World, vol. V, part 1, no. 69).
with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, 1988 (Art of the Ancient World, vol. V, part 1, no. 69).
Literature
J.M. Eisenberg and R.S. Bianchi, Catalogue of the Egyptian and Near Eastern Bronzes in the Collection of John Kluge, New York, 1992, no. 88-40.