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46 - SEKHMET IN BRONZO

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€2,000 - 3,000

Sale fees

33.6%

SEKHMET IN BRONZO Arte egizia, epoca tolemaica, 332-30 a.C. Statuetta votiva raffigurante la dea dalla testa di leonessa in piedi su una base quadrata, con le braccia lungo il corpo, vestita con una lunga tunica aderente, che indossa il copricapo tripartito sormontato dal disco solare e dall’ureo. Sulla base, una formula geroglifica recita: «Che Sekhmet dia la vita a Padiousir, figlio di Hor (?)». Altezza: 12,7 cm Provenienza: Collezione privata, acquisita sul mercato dell’arte londinese tra la fine degli anni ’70 e l’inizio degli anni ’80, poi tramandata per via ereditaria Christie’s, Londra, 28 aprile 2009: n. 139 (ill.) Collezione Christian Levett, Museo d’Arte Classica di Mougins Mostre: Museo d’Arte Classica di Mougins (MACM), Mougins, Francia, giugno 2011-agosto 2023 (Inv. n. MMoCA254) Bibliografia: Christie's, Antiquities including the Plesch Collection of Ancient Glass, Londra, 28 aprile 2009, lotto 139 P. Clayton, "Ancient Egypt" in M. Merrony (a cura di), Mougins Museum of Classical Art, Francia, 2011, p. 43, fig. 15 M. Merrony, «L'Ancienne Egypte» in M. Merrony (a cura di), Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins, La Collection Famille Levett, Francia, 2012, p. 23 C. Dauphin, Animals in the Ancient World. The Levett Bestiary, Levett Collection Series 2, Francia, 2014, p. 27 C. Dauphin, Les animaux dans le monde antique. Il bestiario Levett, Serie Collezione Levett 2, Francia, 2016, p. 27, fig. 23 e p. 79 Una statuetta egizia in bronzo raffigurante Sekhmet, periodo tolemaico, 332-30 a.C.

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Auction details

Archeologia e arti orientali
Tuesday, November 17
02:00 PM
7, rond-point des Champs-Élysées
75008 Paris, France

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Artcurial +33 1 42 99 20 20 bids@artcurial.com
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