Description : AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE SITULA PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 304-30 B.C. With two loop-handles at the top, cast with three distinct registers; the upper with a solar boat with a shrine and a jackal, pulled by two jackals and another solar boat with a sun disk led by two deities in adoration; the middle register with a priest making an offering to a procession of deities including Min, Isis-Hathor, Nephthys, Khonsu, Thoth, Ptah, Sekhmet and two other gods; the lower register with Hathor cows flanking a lotus, which are in turn flanked by Harpokrates, with the souls of Pe and Nekhen in adoration between panels on one side and four papyri columns on the other, the mammiform base in the form of a lotus flower 7 ½ in. (19 cm.) high
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About the lot N° 70 Title : AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE SITULA Size : (19 cm.) high Provenance : with Philip Mitry, acquired in Cairo and brought with him to the U.S. in the late 1950s-early 1960s.
with Superior Gallery, Los Angeles, 1981. Literature : G.D. Scott, III, Temple, Tomb and Dwelling: Egyptian Antiquities from the Harer Family Trust Collection, San Bernardino, 1992, no. 29a. Christie's, auctioneer, New York, NYIt's free to register now to view! Sale title : Antiquities Sale date : 11 Dec 2014It's free to register now to view! Sale Reference : Live Sale