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Bronze Statue of the Egyptian God Sekhmet Bronze Statue of the Egyptian God Sekhmet Bronze Statue of the Egyptian God Sekhmet Bronze Statue of the Egyptian God Sekhmet Bronze Statue of the Egyptian God Sekhmet Bronze Statue of the Egyptian God Sekhmet Bronze Statue of the Egyptian God Sekhmet Bronze Statue of the Egyptian God Sekhmet Bronze Statue of the Egyptian God Sekhmet Bronze Statue of the Egyptian God Sekhmet Bronze Statue of the Egyptian God Sekhmet Bronze Statue of the Egyptian God Sekhmet
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LOT 1433

Bronze Statue of the Egyptian God Sekhmet

LATE 19TH-EARLY 20TH CENTURY A.D.

10 5/8 in. (2.17 kg total, 27 cm high including stand).

Modelled in the round, standing with hands at her sides, lion-headed, wearing an ankle-length skirt, holding an ankh in her right hand, hieroglyphic text to the base, mounted on a custom-made stand; after the antique.

Provenance

Ex Paris collection.
French gallery, Paris, 1990-2000s.

Literature

Modelled after figures of Sekhmet, for example Andrews, C., Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London, 1994, pl.8a.

CONDITION
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LOT 1433

Bronze Statue of the Egyptian God Sekhmet

Estimate £800 - 1,000€930 - 1,160 (for guidance only)$1,080 - 1,350 (for guidance only)

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