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LOT 0026
Egyptian Bronze Striding Figure of the Goddess Neith
26TH DYNASTY, 664-525 B.C.
5 3/8 in. (6 1/8 in.) (287 grams total, 13.5 cm high (15.5 cm high including stand)).
Striding on a rectangular base; formerly holding a papyrus sceptre (?) in her extended left hand, her right hand by her side, and wearing a long close-fitting dress; mounted on an old marble tiered base with 'NEITH' legend to one short edge.
Provenance
From an early 20th century collection, based on the alabaster stand.
Probably the Hilton Price collection, based on the style of the base.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.12131-213614.
Literature
Cf. Daressy, G., Catalogue général des antiquités égyptiennes du Musée du Caire N° 38001-39384 Statues de divinités, Cairo, 1906, pl.XLVIII (inv. no. 38953), for similar figure.
Footnotes
Neith was the patron goddess of the powerful city of Sais in the Nile Delta.
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