ID 820669
Lot 32 | AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE ATUM IN THE FORM OF A HUMAN-HEADED SERPENT
Estimate value
$ 8 000 – 12 000
THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD TO LATE PERIOD, 25TH-26TH DYNASTY, 747-525 B.C.
5 5/8 in. (14.2 cm.) high
Provenance
Christos G. Bastis (1904-1999), New York, acquired by 1976.
Antiquities from the Collection of the late Christos G. Bastis, Sotheby’s, New York, 9 December 1999, lot 9.
Private Collection, New York, acquired from the above.
Property from a New York Private Collection; Ancient Sculpture & Works of Art, Sotheby’s, London, 3 July 2018, lot 62.
Acquired by the current owner from the above.
Literature
D. von Bothmer, et al., Antiquities from the Collection of Christos G. Bastis, Mainz am Rhein, 1987, pp. 47-48, no. 16.
Exhibited
The Brooklyn Museum, 1976-1999 (Loan no. L76.36.4).
New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Antiquities from the Christos G. Bastis Collection, 20 November 1987-10 January 1988.
| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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| Medium: | Bronze |
| Art style: | Ancient Art |
| Historical era: | Late Period of Ancient Egypt, Third Intermediate Period of Egypt |
| Place of origin: | Ancient Egypt, Egypt, Africa |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Ancient Art & Antiquities |
| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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| Medium: | Bronze |
| Art style: | Ancient Art |
| Historical era: | Late Period of Ancient Egypt, Third Intermediate Period of Egypt |
| Place of origin: | Ancient Egypt, Egypt, Africa |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Ancient Art & Antiquities |
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