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LOT 0493

Egyptian Bronze Oxyrhynchus Fish

LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C. OR LATER

4 1/2 in. (203 grams, 11.5 cm).

Modelled in the round on a sledge attached by ventral and pectoral fins; with forked tail, a dorsal ridge, and a tapering nose, featuring recessed circular eyes to accept an insert, a horned sun disc headdress fronted by a uraeus, and a suspension loop behind.

Provenance

From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.

Literature

Cf. Kozloff, A.P., Animals in Ancient Art from the Leo Mildenberg Collection, Mainz am Rhein, 1981, fig. 60, for a similar example; Tiribilli, E., The bronze figurines of the Petrie Museum from 2000 BC to AD 400, London, 2018, p.229, for discussion.

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LOT 0493

Egyptian Bronze Oxyrhynchus Fish

Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,235

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