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LOT 0036
Monumental Egyptian Bronze Atef Crown Feather From a Life-Sized Statue
LATE PERIOD, CIRCA 664-332 B.C.
13 1/4 in. (1.21 kg, 33.5 cm high including stand).
Ostrich feather with deep recessed cells to accept inlay, with tapering mounting lug to one side; remnants of gilding; mounted on a custom-made display stand. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceSeward Kennedy collection, acquired 1960s.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.11840-207822.
Cf. The Brooklyn Museum, accession number 53.76.2, for a broadly similar object; Tiribilli, E., The Bronze Figurines of the Petrie Museum from 2000 BC to AD 400, London, 2018, pp.288-290, for similar examples.
FootnotesThis large feather is part of an Atef crown that would have been attached to a wooden statue of Osiris, the powerful underworld deity. The crown combines the Hedjet, the White Crown of Upper Egypt, flanked by ostrich feathers on each side to form the Atef crown.
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LOT 0036
Monumental Egyptian Bronze Atef Crown Feather From a Life-Sized Statue
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,820
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Please note that this item is for collection only.
