Property from a European Private Collection
An Egyptian Bronze Figure of a Kushite King, 25th Dynasty, 750-656 B.C.
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July 6, 12:24 PM GMT
Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 GBP
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Property from a European Private Collection
An Egyptian Bronze Figure of a Kushite King
25th Dynasty, 750-656 B.C.
perhaps Taharqa, kneeling and offering a figure of Maat in his left hand, his right hand raised in a gesture of praise, and wearing a kilt with sporran, striated beard, and the nemes head-cloth with fragmentary uraeus, the eyes with gold ove🀅rlay.
Height without tenon 6.5 cm.
reputedly Hilton-Price Collection
Charles Bouché (1928-2010), probably collected in the 1960s/1970s (based on collection number on the back of the wood base, stating "C.132")
Hôtel Drouot, Paris, Thierry de Maigret, November 15th, 2013, no. 176, illus.
Charles Bouché (1928-2010), probably collected in the 1960s/1970s (based on collection number on the back of the wood base, stating "C.132")
Hôtel Drouot, Paris, Thierry de Maigret, November 15th, 2013, no. 176, illus.
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