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43 - SOBEK EN BRONZE
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SOBEK EN BRONZE Art égyptien, Basse Époque, 664-332 av. J.-C. Statuette représentant le dieu Sobek sous sa forme de crocodile reposant sur une base rectangulaire, les détails des écailles finement gravés et le sommet de la tête perforé pour accueillir la couronne, aujourd'hui lacunaire. L'œuvre faisant très certainement partie d'un groupe comprenant un orant. Long. : 13 cm Provenance : Ancienne collection du Comte Charles de Sérionne (1863 - 1939) Rupert Wace Ancient Art Limited, Londres Collection Christian Levett, Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins, acquis en 2010 Expositions : A Collector’s Menagerie: Animal Sculpture from the Ancient World, The Sladmore Gallery, Londres, 12 - 28 mai 2010 Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, juin 2011-août 2023 (Inv. n° MMoCA536) Animal, Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, 25 février — 30 avril 2016 Bibliographie : Rupert Wace, A Collector's Menagerie, Animal Sculpture from the Ancient World, 2011, no. 17 P. Clayton, "Ancient Egypt" in M. Merrony (ed.), Mougins Museum of Classical Art, 2011, p. 47, fig. 24 C. Dauphin, Animals in the Ancient World. The Levett Bestiary, Levett Collection Series 2, France, 2014, pp. 33 et 87 C. Dauphin, Les animaux dans le monde antique. Le bestiaire Levett, Serie Collection Levett 2, 2016, p. 15, fig. 12 et p.77 An Egyptian bronze sobek crocodile, Late Period, 664-332 B.C.
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