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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.
ProvenanceEx Paris collection.
French gallery, Paris, 1990-2000s.
Modelled after figures of Sekhmet, for example Andrews, C., Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London, 1994, pl.8a.
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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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