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AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE AMUN IN THE GUISE OF ONURIS

Lot 2
04.12.2024 15:30UTC +00:00
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ID 1334748
Lot 2 | AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE AMUN IN THE GUISE OF ONURIS
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£ 25 000 – 35 000
AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE AMUN IN THE GUISE OF ONURIS
LATE PERIOD, 26TH DYNASTY, CIRCA 664-525 B.C.
9 7/8 in. (25 cm.) high




Provenance

Leopold Hirsch (1867-1932), London.
The Property of Leopold Hirsch, Esq., Christie's, London, 7 May 1934, lot 170.
William Randolph Hearst (1863-1951), New York and California.
with The Brummer Gallery, New York, acquired from the above, 1940 (Inv. no. N4712).
The Ernest Brummer Collection, Vol. II, Spink & Son and Galerie Koller, Zurich, 16-19 October 1979, lot 520.
The Resandro Collection, Munich, acquired from the above.
The Resandro Collection, Christie's, London, 6 December 2016, lot 141.
Art market, London, acquired from the above.
Antiquities, Christie's, New York, 28 October 2019, lot 453.
with David Aaron Ancient Arts, London (David Aaron, 2019, no. 11).
Acquired by the current owner from the above, 2020.



Literature

S. Schoske and D. Wildung, Entdeckungen: Ägyptische Kunst in Süddeutschland, Munich, 1985, pp. 128-129, no. 111.
S. Schoske and D. Wildung, Gott und Götter im Alten Ägypten, Mainz am Rhein, 1993, pp. 34-35, no. 18.
H.J.A. de Meulenaere, Review of S. Schoske and D. Wildung, Gott und Götter im Alten Ägypten, Orientatalis 5/6, September-November 1993, pp. 630-631.
J. Malek, et al., Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Statues, Reliefs and Paintings, Oxford, 1999, vol. 8, part 2, p. 1028, no. 802-002-800.
C. Leitz, ed., Lexikon der ägyptischen Götter und Götterbezeichnungen, Leuven, 2002, vol. 1, p. 320, no. 71.
I. Grimm-Stadelmann, ed., Aesthetic Glimpses: Masterpieces of Ancient Egyptian Art, The Resandro Collection, Munich, 2012, p. 102, no. R-378.
The Brummer Gallery Records, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, no. N4712.



Exhibited

Munich, Staatliche Sammlung Ägypischer Kunst, Entdeckungen, Ägyptische Kunst in Süddeutschland, 30 August-6 October 1985.
Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung; Berlin, Staatliche Museen; Munich, Staatliche Sammlung Ägyptischer Kunst; Hamburg, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Gott und Götter im Alten Ägypten, 1992-1993.
Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins, 2020-2023 (Inv. no. MMoCA854).
Applied technique:Metalwork
Medium:Bronze
Place of origin:Ancient Egypt, Egypt, Africa
Auction house category:Ancient Art & Antiquities, Sculptures, Statues & Figures
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