41 - BRONZE URAEUS

BRONZE URAEUS Egyptian art, Late Period or Ptolemaic Period, 664–30 B.C. A uraeus figurine depicting a cobra rearing up, its head crowned with a solar disk; the body is hollowed out to accommodate colored decorative inlays, which are now missing. This piece is a decorative element, most likely intended to adorn a grooved cornice. Missing parts. Height: 13 cm Provenance: Former private collection, Bern Cahn Auktionen AG, Münchenstein, September 19, 2009: no. 117 (ill.) Christian Levett Collection, Mougins Museum of Classical Art, acquired in 2009 Exhibitions: Mougins Museum of Classical Art (MACM), Mougins, France, June 2011–August 2023 (Inv. No. MMoCA448) Animal, Mougins Museum of Classical Art (MACM), Mougins, France, February 26–May 1, 2016 Caesar & Cleopatra, Historisches Museum Der Pfalz, Speyer, Germany, April 13–October 26, 2025 Bibliography: Cahn Auktionen AG, Auction 4, Muenchenstein, September 19, 2009, lot 117 P. Clayton, “Ancient Egypt” in M. Merrony (ed.), Mougins Museum of Classical Art, France, 2011, p. 46, fig. 21 C. Dauphin, Animals in the Ancient World. The Levett Bestiary, Levett Collection Series 2, France, 2014, pp. 35 and 86 C. Dauphin, Animals in the Ancient World. The Levett Bestiary, Levett Collection Series 2, France, 2016, p. 17, fig. 14, and p. 77 An Egyptian bronze uraeus, Late to Ptolemaic Period, 664–30 B.C.