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Egyptian Bronze Base with Ibex and Hieroglyphs Egyptian Bronze Base with Ibex and Hieroglyphs Egyptian Bronze Base with Ibex and Hieroglyphs Egyptian Bronze Base with Ibex and Hieroglyphs Egyptian Bronze Base with Ibex and Hieroglyphs Egyptian Bronze Base with Ibex and Hieroglyphs
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LOT 0009

Egyptian Bronze Base with Ibex and Hieroglyphs

LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.

4 5/8 in. (205 grams, 11.7 cm).

Rectangular with two sockets to the upper face, low-relief recumbent ibex; incised hieroglyphic text to one short sidewall and remains on both long sidewalls, giving a dedication to 'give life, health, a long [lifetime......]'.

Provenance

Galerie Orient-Occident, Paris, 1990.
Parisian private collection.
with Pierre Berge, 2 February 2017, lot 85.

Literature

Cf. Tiribilli, E., The bronze figurines of the Petrie Museum from 2000 BC to AD 400, GHP Egyptology 28, London, 2018, p.302, no. 499, for a less elaborately decorated, inscribed base.

Footnotes

The bound ibex is a frequent image in ancient Egyptian art and a prized foodstuff. The animal's presence on this base symbolises the finest offerings to the once-attached deity.

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LOT 0009

Egyptian Bronze Base with Ibex and Hieroglyphs

Sold for (Inc. bp): £442

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