THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD TO EARLY LATE PERIOD, CIRCA 8TH-6TH CENTURY B.C.

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AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE LION-HEADED GODDESS
THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD TO EARLY LATE PERIOD, CIRCA 8TH-6TH CENTURY B.C.
11 5⁄8 in. (29.5 cm.) high

來源

with Khawam Brothers, Cairo, 1940s.
with Khépri, R. Khawam & Cie, Paris, 1977.
Acquired by the Cattaui family, Switzerland, from the above, 1986.
Property from the Cattaui family collection, Antiquities, Christie's, New York, 4 June 2015, lot 6.

注意事項

This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.

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拍品專文

For the form of the goddess and her attributes see the roundel with an offering scene now in Berlin no. 33, p. 105 in M. Hill, ed., Gifts for the Gods, Images from Egyptian Temples. For an overview of the mythology and theological importance of Sekhmet, the most important lion-headed goddess, see pp. 181-182 in R.H. Wilkinson, The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt.

THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD TO EARLY LATE PERIOD, CIRCA 8TH-6TH CENTURY B.C.

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