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Egyptian Bronze Cobra Mount Egyptian Bronze Cobra Mount Egyptian Bronze Cobra Mount
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LOT 0037

Egyptian Bronze Cobra Mount

LATE PERIOD, 6TH CENTURY B.C.

8 5/8 in. (182 grams, 22 cm).

Cobra-shaped mount with head raised and hood expanded, two mounting studs to the reverse; mounted on a custom-made stand.

Provenance

Private Israeli collection.
Ex Archaeological Center, Tel Aviv, Israel, 2015.
Private European collection.

Literature

Cf. Tiribilli, E., The bronze figurines of the Petrie Museum from 2000 BC to AD 400, GHP Egyptology 28, London, 2018, p. 295, no. 480, for a similar, though smaller, example.

Footnotes

The mount most likely adorned the Atef crown of a statue of Osiris.

CONDITION
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LOT 0037

Egyptian Bronze Cobra Mount

Estimate £1,200 - 1,700€1,390 - 1,970 (for guidance only)$1,620 - 2,300 (for guidance only)

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