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Egyptian Amuletic Nefertum Figure
英国 北京时间
2021年11月30日 开拍 / 2021年11月28日 截止委托
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26th Dynasty, 664-525 BC. A bronze amuletic statuette of the Egyptian god Nefertum, modelled in the round advancing forwards, arms held tightly to his sides, bare torso, wearing a lotus blossom headdress flanked by one remaining menat, tripartite wig, kilt and long beard loop to reverse of the headdress for suspension mounted on a custom-made display stand accompanied by a note folded inside an envelope stamped Massar Brothers Khan El Khalily Bazaar Cairo (Egypt) U.A.R, the note handwritten on Massar Brothers headed paper, Authorised By The Egyptian Museum To Sell Antiquities Licence No.123, and reads: God Nefertum in bronze 26th. 2800 years old Provenance Lower-Egypt Nefertum was the god of the flower and and (sic) plantation, he was too, the god of hope. Guaranteed antique genuine Massar Brothers 27/9/69, two Cairo 10 Mills stamps below, over-stamped with Khan El Khalily ink stamp. Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, accession number 04.2.455 cf. The Smithsonian, accession number 260207. 233 grams total, 14.5cm including stand (5 3/4"). Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, collector previously with a Middlesex collector who acquired the piece from Hassar Brothers, Cairo, Egypt, in 1969 accompanied by the original sales receipt dated 27th September 1969. Nefertum was born of a blue lotus flower which had arisen from the primal waters. Some of his titles were He Who is Beautiful and Water-Lily of the Sun one version of the Book of the Dead reads Rise like Nefertum from the blue water lily, to the nostrils of Ra (the creator and sun god), and come forth upon the horizon each day. He was regarded as the god of perfumes and unguents and ancient Egyptians often carried small statuettes of him as good-luck charms.
condition:Fine condition.

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拍品估价:800 - 1,000 英镑 起拍价格:700 英镑  买家佣金: 27.00% + VAT 服务费:平台服务费为成交总金额(含佣金)的3%,最低200元

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