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LOT 0011
Egyptian Bronze Khonsu Statuette with Silver Eyes
LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.
7 1/2 in. (378 grams total, 19 cm including stand).
Modelled in the round figure of Khonsu standing, holding the crook, flail, and long was-sceptre, with false beard and sidelock, wearing a crown consisting of a lunar crescent and disc with uraeus, and a broad collar; the eyes with sheet-silver inlays; mounted on a custom-made stand.
ProvenanceEx Geneva collection, Switzerland, acquired before 1980.
Ex Galerie Günter Puhze GmbH, Germany, 2008.
Ex Keane collection, Kent, UK.
Accompanied by an original invoice from Galerie Günter Puhze GmbH.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12628-235137.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Cf. Daressy, G., Catalogue général des antiquités égyptiennes du Musée du Caire N° 38001-39384 Statues de divinités, Cairo, 1906, pl. XXVIII (38.489), for a comparable figure in the Cairo Museum.
FootnotesKhonsu is an ancient Egyptian god of the moon, often depicted as a young man with a sidelock, a uraeus, and headgear featuring a lunar crescent and disc. He is associated with Thoth, another moon god. Together with his father Amun and mother Mut, Khonsu forms the Theban Triad.
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LOT 0011
Egyptian Bronze Khonsu Statuette with Silver Eyes
Estimate £4,000 - 6,000€4,640 - 6,960 (for guidance only)$5,400 - 8,100 (for guidance only)
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Opening Bid: £1,250
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With detailing to wings and eyes, loop for suspension above the head. 0.89 grams, 20 mm
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