Description
A bronze statuette of the goddess Mut, Late Period, mid-1st millennium B.C. The striding deity in a long robe with a double crown of Upper and Lower Egypt on a vulture's hood. The right hand is pressed close to the body, probably once holding an ankh sign. The left bent with the forearm stretched forward, once holding a papyrus sceptre. Dark green patina. Surface partially covered with a layer of oxide. Some finely worked details visible underneath. Feet broken off, the lower part of the lower legs still preserved. Graceful figure from the late Egyptian period of very good artistic quality. Comes with a wooden base in the shape of a turned column. Height without base 15.2 cm, with base 25 cm. Provenance: Westphalian private collection, acquired in the 1990s in the Rhineland art trade. Condition: III +
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A bronze statuette of the goddess Mut, Late Period, mid-1st millennium B.C. The striding deity in a long robe with a double crown of Upper and Lower Egypt on a vulture's hood. The right hand is pressed close to the body, probably once holding an ankh sign. The left bent with the forearm stretched forward, once holding a papyrus sceptre. Dark green patina. Surface partially covered with a layer of oxide. Some finely worked details visible underneath. Feet broken off, the lower part of the lower legs still preserved. Graceful figure from the late Egyptian period of very good artistic quality. Comes with a wooden base in the shape of a turned column. Height without base 15.2 cm, with base 25 cm. Provenance: Westphalian private collection, acquired in the 1990s in the Rhineland art trade. Condition: III +
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