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Auction archive: Lot number 65

AN EGYPTIAN SERPENTINE FIGURE OF BES

Estimate
£1,000 - £2,000
ca. US$1,286 - US$2,572
Price realised:
n. a.
Auction archive: Lot number 65

AN EGYPTIAN SERPENTINE FIGURE OF BES

Estimate
£1,000 - £2,000
ca. US$1,286 - US$2,572
Price realised:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

AN EGYPTIAN SERPENTINE FIGURE OF BES Late Period, Circa 664 - 332 B.C. The dwarf-god depicted naturalistically, in a squatting position, with a pot-belly and his hands resting on his hips, he wears a tall plumed headdress, the individual feathers incised, a bronze tang protruding from the top, the expressive face with a furrowed brow, broad nose, prominent ears and hairy beard, 11.6cm high. Provenance: European Private Collection, acquired in the 1960s; Ex Sotheby's, New York, 7 December 2001, lot 236; Ex Pierre Berge 1 December 2007, lot 442; Private collection of a lady, Rome acquired prior to 2009.

Auction archive: Lot number 65
Auction:
Datum:
19 Nov 2019
Auction house:
Chiswick Auctions
Colville Road 1
London, W3 8BL
United Kingdom
info@chiswickauctions.co.uk
+44 020 89924442
Beschreibung:

AN EGYPTIAN SERPENTINE FIGURE OF BES Late Period, Circa 664 - 332 B.C. The dwarf-god depicted naturalistically, in a squatting position, with a pot-belly and his hands resting on his hips, he wears a tall plumed headdress, the individual feathers incised, a bronze tang protruding from the top, the expressive face with a furrowed brow, broad nose, prominent ears and hairy beard, 11.6cm high. Provenance: European Private Collection, acquired in the 1960s; Ex Sotheby's, New York, 7 December 2001, lot 236; Ex Pierre Berge 1 December 2007, lot 442; Private collection of a lady, Rome acquired prior to 2009.

Auction archive: Lot number 65
Auction:
Datum:
19 Nov 2019
Auction house:
Chiswick Auctions
Colville Road 1
London, W3 8BL
United Kingdom
info@chiswickauctions.co.uk
+44 020 89924442
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