Lot 32
ANCIENT EGYPTIAN BRONZE FIGURE OF A PRIESTESS
EGYPT, PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, C. 330-30 B.C.
Auction: 26 November 2026 from 14:00 GMT
Description
bronze, depicting a priestess (or possibly Seshat) with a simple headdress, holding a heka (crook) across her body, raised on a bespoke mount
Dimensions
9.5cm tall
Provenance
Mr G. H., England, UK; acquired 1980s
Footnote
For the interpretation of Seshet's attributes see George Hart, A Dictionary of Egyptian Gods and Goddesses (London, 1986), p.193
Hermann A. Schlögl and Regine Buxtorf, ‘Eine außergewöhnliche Bronzefigur der Göttin Seschat’, Sokar: Geschichte & Archäologie Altägyptens, no.30 (Berlin, 2015), p.91-93, dated as New Kingdom