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BRONZE SOBEK
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BRONZE SOBEK
See original version (French)
Estimate €4,000 - €6,000
Voluntary lot
Description
BRONZE SOBEK
Egyptian art, Late Period, 664–332 BC.
A statuette depicting the god Sobek in his crocodile form, resting on a rectangular plinth; the scales are finely engraved and the top of the head is perforated to accommodate the crown, which is now missing. The work was almost certainly part of a group including a figure in prayer.
Length: 13 cm
Provenance: Former collection of Count Charles de Sérionne (1863–1939)
Rupert Wace Ancient Art Limited, London
Christian Levett Collection, Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins, acquired in 2010
Exhibitions: A Collector’s Menagerie: Animal Sculpture from the Ancient World, The Sladmore Gallery, London, 12–28 May 2010
Mougins Museum of Classical Art (MACM), Mougins, France, June 2011–August 2023 (Inv. No. MMoCA536)
Animal, Mougins Museum of Classical Art (MACM), Mougins, France, 25 February – 30 April 2016
Bibliography: Rupert Wace, *A Collector’s Menagerie: Animal Sculpture from the Ancient World*, 2011, no. 17
P. Clayton, ‘Ancient Egypt’ in M. Merrony (ed.), *Mougins Museum of Classical Art*, 2011, p. 47, fig. 24
C. Dauphin, Animals in the Ancient World. The Levett Bestiary, Levett Collection Series 2, France, 2014, pp. 33 and 87
C. Dauphin, Animals in the Ancient World. The Levett Bestiary, Levett Collection Series 2, 2016, p. 15, fig. 12 and p. 77
An Egyptian bronze Sobek crocodile,
Late Period, 664–332 BC.
See original version (French)
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