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LOT 0410
Egyptian Wooden Statue Base
LATE NEW KINGDOM-PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 1250-30 B.C.
5 3/8 in. (179 grams, 13.5 cm).
Cuboid with a rectangular channel to one side and two oval mounting sockets. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market, 1982-1989.
LiteratureCf. Tiribilli, E., The bronze figurines of the Petrie Museum from 2000 BC to AD 400, London, 2018, p.249, for a bronze statuette with its original wooden throne and base.
FootnotesThe channel bears traces of oxidisation indicating that it belonged with a copper-alloy statuette.
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