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LOT 0013
Egyptian Bronze Kneeling Priest Statuette
LATE PERIOD, CIRCA 664–332 B.C.
3 in. (54 grams total, 76 mm including stand).
The male figure of a kneeling supplicant with back pillar inscribed with hieroglyphic text: 'Neith gives life [to] ...'.
ProvenancePrivate collection S., Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany, acquired in the first half of the 20th century.
Accompanied by a copy of an Art Loss Register certificate number S00140657, dated 23 October 2018.
Cf. Schulz, R. and Seidel, M., Egyptian Art. The Walters Art Museum, London, 2009, pp.114-115, obj.45, for a comparable figure kneeling before the figure of Anubis.
FootnotesThis figure was likely attached to a separately cast base and positioned kneeling before a larger figure of the goddess Neith. Such objects were donated to temples to secure the god or goddess's protection for the donor, represented by the kneeling figure.
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LOT 0013
Egyptian Bronze Kneeling Priest Statuette
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000€1,740 - 2,320 (for guidance only)$2,030 - 2,700 (for guidance only)
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