Description : LATE PERIOD TO PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 664-30 B.C.
The goddess striding with her left leg advanced, wearing the Red Crown of Lower Egypt and a tightly-fitted sheath, embellished with an incised beaded broad collar, arm bands and bracelets, her left arm extended forward, her fisted hand perforated to hold a now-missing staff, her right arm at her side, the hand also perforated for a now-missing attribute, the four sides of the integral rectangular plinth with a hieroglyphic inscription reading, Good things(?): Padisokar, son of Kenankhet, justified,... lord of Neith,... [the gods?] (or ), of Heaven, birth-mother of the gods, who causes to live(?)... (or gives life and health(?)...)
9 7/16 in. (24 cm.) high
Prix: 28 800.00 USD🔓Accès libre sans carte bancaire.
Estimations(basse-haute) : 10000 USD-15000 USD🔓Accès libre sans carte bancaire.
À propos du lot
n° 31 Titre : An Egyptian Bronze Neith Provenance : Dr. Joseph Chess, 1978. Literature : R.S. Bianchi and J. McDonald, Exhibition catalogue, In the Tomb of Nefertari: Conservation of the Wall Paintings, Malibu, 1992, no. 37, pp. 78-79.G.D. Scott, III, Exhibition catalogue, Temple, Tomb and Dwelling: Egyptian Antiquities from the Harer Family Trust Collection, San Bernardino, 1992, no. 32B, pp. 58 and 60. Christie's, Salle de vente
, New York, US🔓Accès libre sans carte bancaire. Titre de la vente : Ancient Egyptian Art from the Harer Family Trust Collection Date de la vente : 09/12/2005🔓Accès libre sans carte bancaire. Référence de l'enchère
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