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This is the rating and price for AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE AMUN

Recorded provenance


Description : AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE AMUN LATE PERIOD, 25TH-26TH DYNASTY, 712-525 B.C. Solid cast and finely detailed, the god depicted seated on a throne atop an integral rectangular plinth, his legs parallel, his feet bare, wearing a short wrapped kilt with the curving hem crossing his thighs, adorned with a multi-strand broad collar, armlets and bracelets, his left arm held forth with his fisted hand facing down and resting on his thigh, his right arm bent and held above his leg, likely once holding a scepter, his youthful oval face with full lips and a straight mouth, his arching brows merging with the bridge of his nose, the eyes with white sclerae, the pupils bronze, his ears prominent, wearing his characteristic flat-topped headdress 9 1/8 in. (23.2 cm.) high
Price: 81 250.00 USD It's free to register now to view!
Estimate (low-high) : 60000 USD-90000 USD It's free to register now to view!

About the lot N° 12
Title : AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE AMUN
Provenance : Property of a Gentleman; Antiquities, Christie's, London, 12 December 1967, no. 198. The Late Sir A. Chester Beatty (Sold by Order of the executors); Ancient Jewellery, Egyptian and Western Asiatic Antiquities, Islamic Pottery, Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities, Sotheby's, London, 18 June 1968, lot 16. Private Collection, Westchester, New York.
Christie's, auctioneer, New York, US It's free to register now to view!
Sale title : Antiquities
Sale date : 13 Dec 2013 It's free to register now to view!
Sale Reference : Live Sale

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