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AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE LION-HEADED GODDESS
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AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE LION-HEADED GODDESS

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

已結束2022年7月6日

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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

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.

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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.