ID 1334737
Lot 4 | AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE HEAD OF THE GODDESS WADJET
Estimate value
£ 10 000 – 15 000
LATE PERIOD, CIRCA 664-332 B.C.
4 ½ in. (11.4 cm.) high
Provenance
Charles Gillot (1853-1903), Paris; thence by descent (recorded as no. 95 on a dated 11 April 1903 inventory list of Gillot's collection).
Ancienne Collection Charles Gillot (1853-1903), Christie's, Paris, 4-5 March 2008, lot 127.
U.K. private collection, acquired from the above.
London art market, acquired from the above, 2018.
Antiquities, Christie's, New York, 28 October 2019 (unsold).
with David Aaron Ancient Arts, London.
Acquired by the current owner from the above, 2020.
Exhibited
Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins, 2020-2023 (Inv. no. MMoCA852).
| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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| Medium: | Bronze |
| Historical era: | Late Period of Ancient Egypt |
| Place of origin: | Ancient Egypt, Egypt, Africa |
| Auction house category: | Ancient Art & Antiquities |
| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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| Medium: | Bronze |
| Historical era: | Late Period of Ancient Egypt |
| Place of origin: | Ancient Egypt, Egypt, Africa |
| Auction house category: | Ancient Art & Antiquities |
| Address of auction |
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