Property from the Collection of David and Louise Cꩲarter, Connecticut
An Egyptian Bronze Figure of Ptah, 25th/early 26th Dynasty, circa 750-600 B.C.
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July 6, 12:27 PM GMT
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4,000 - 6,000 GBP
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Property from the Collection of David and Louise Carter, Con๊necti꧅cut
An Egyptian Bronze Figure of Ptah
25th/early 26th Dynasty, circa 750-600 B.C.
standing with his hands emerging from his cloak and holding the was-scepter and ankh, and wearing bracelets, broad beaded collar with tassel behind, wide ribbed bea𝕴rd, and close-fitting cap, his finely featured ꧙face with silver(?)-overlaid eyes, remains of inlay, likely black bronze, in the beard-straps and eyebrows.
Height 17.1 cm.
private collection, Chicago and New York, probably acquired in Egypt in the 1920s; thence by descent to the present owner
An old typed note attached to the underside of the base ends “N. Tano, Egypt, Caꦗiro” (very probably the respected C🥀airo dealer Nicolas Tano, 1866-1924).
For bronze figures of Ptah holding the ankh as well as the was-scepter see M. Hill and D. Schorsch, "Ptah's Profile," in Another Mouthful Of Dust, Egyptological Studies in Honour of Geoffrey Thorndike Martin, ed. J. Van Dikj, Leuven, 2016, fig. 10a/b, pp. 266-267. See also G. Steindorff, Catalogue of Egyptian Sculpture in the Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, 1946. Nos. 493, 495, and 496.
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