Description
Statuette representing Ichneumon mongoose The animal is standing on its hind legs, its front legs against its body, hands outstretched. He is wearing a sun disk decorated with an uraeus whose tail slides over the rodent's head. His tail curls forward, running along the terrace. On a rectangular base. Bronze, shock and cracks on one side. Egypt, Late Period (664-332 B.C.). Height : 19 cm ; base : 10,5 x 5,5 cm Provenance: - An identical example (description and size) presented by Me Delestre, Paris, 26 June 1901, lot 13. Not reproduced. - Grenoble Enchères, June 20, 2022, lot 219. An Egyptian Bronze Figure of a Mongoose, Late Period
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Statuette representing Ichneumon mongoose The animal is standing on its hind legs, its front legs against its body, hands outstretched. He is wearing a sun disk decorated with an uraeus whose tail slides over the rodent's head. His tail curls forward, running along the terrace. On a rectangular base. Bronze, shock and cracks on one side. Egypt, Late Period (664-332 B.C.). Height : 19 cm ; base : 10,5 x 5,5 cm Provenance: - An identical example (description and size) presented by Me Delestre, Paris, 26 June 1901, lot 13. Not reproduced. - Grenoble Enchères, June 20, 2022, lot 219. An Egyptian Bronze Figure of a Mongoose, Late Period
