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This is the rating and price for A Bronze Figure of a Princess or Divine Consort, Kushite, 25th Dynasty, 750-656 B.C., standing with



Description : her left foot slightly advanced and left hand held to her side, and wearing a long close-fitting dress, narrow stranded collar, finely striated enveloping wig, and the vulture headdress surmounted by a diadem with mortise for the attachment of a crown, the inserted uraeus fragmentary, her broad face with outlined lips, straight nose, and large carefully modeled eyes with long eyebrows and cosmetic lines. Height without tenon 77/16 in. (18.9 cm.). her left foot slightly advanced and left hand held to her side, and wearing a long close-fitting dress, narrow stranded collar, finely striated enveloping wig, and the vulture headdress surmounted by a diadem with mortise for the attachment of a crown, the inserted uraeus fragmentary, her broad face with outlined lips, straight nose, and large carefully modeled eyes with long eyebrows and cosmetic lines. Height without tenon 77/16 in. (18.9 cm.) Formerly on loan to The Brooklyn Museum of Art, 1976-1999 Provenance: Galerie Uraeus, Paris, 1976 Published: Robert S. Bianchi, "Egyptian Art from the Bastis Collection,'' Apollo 108, London, September 1978, pp. 153-154, fig. 2 Antiquities from the Collection of Christos G. Bastis, catalogue of the exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1987, no. 11, illus. The author suggests that this figure could represent Shepenwepet I, "daughter of the last native King of Thebes, Osorkon III (788-760 B.C.) of Dynasty XXIII, before the conquest of Egypt by the new rulers from Kush in the south.''.
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Estimate (low-high) : 40000 USD-60000 USD It's free to register now to view!

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Title : A Bronze Figure of a Princess or Divine Consort, Kushite, 25th Dynasty, 750-656 B.C., standing with
Sotheby's, auctioneer, New York, US It's free to register now to view!
Sale title : Antiquities from the Collection of the late Christos G. Bastis
Sale date : 09 Dec 1999 It's free to register now to view!
Sale Reference : Live Sale

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