Egyptian Bronze Uraeus Mount

LATE PERIOD-PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 664-30 B.C.

1 3/8 in. (6.54 grams, 35 mm).

Formed as a rearing cobra with the hood divided into cells to accept inlay. [No Reserve]

Provenance

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

Literature

Cf. Tinius, I., Altägypten in Braunschweig. Die Sammlungen des Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museums und des Städtischen Museums, Wiesbaden, 2011, p. 93, no. 143, for a similar, fragmentary example.

Footnotes

The uraeus depicts a rearing cobra and symbolises royal power and authority, as well as the Lower Egyptian goddess Wadjet.

CONDITION

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