Lot Essay
Inscribed down the back pillar 'words spoken by Atum to his son User-maat-Ra Sotep-en-Ra', the throne name of Rameses II.
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NEW KINGDOM, 19TH DYNASTY, CIRCA 1292-1185 B.C.
Details
AN EGYPTIAN GREYWACKE FALCON-HEADED DEITY
NEW KINGDOM, 19TH DYNASTY, CIRCA 1292-1185 B.C.
9 7/8 in. (25 cm.) high
NEW KINGDOM, 19TH DYNASTY, CIRCA 1292-1185 B.C.
9 7/8 in. (25 cm.) high
Provenance
with Vitelleschi, Rome.
Mrs H. S. collection, Switzerland, acquired from the above in 1957.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 9 December 1974, lot 80 (unsold).
Mrs H. S. collection, Switzerland, acquired from the above in 1957.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 9 December 1974, lot 80 (unsold).
Exhibited
On loan to the Antikenmuseum, Basel, 1971-1974.
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