AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE FIGURE OF A PRIEST, LATE PERIOD

LOT 89 · 未开拍

起拍价 EUR12000.00

拍卖时间：2026-09-10 16:00

拍品描述

AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE FIGURE OF A PRIEST, LATE PERIOD This lot is from a single owner collection and is therefore offered without reserve The Jorgen Ruben Gallery Ledger, entry from 2005: “No. 67, BR, Egyptian bronze striding Horus (with crown [NB: not matching the figure and since removed]) Late period” Gallery price: EUR 32,000 or approx. EUR 53,500 adjusted for inflation at the time of writing. Egypt, 664-332 BC. Depicted striding forward with his left leg advanced, the left arm to his side with the hand fisted, the priest is nude save for a cap-crown fronted by a uraeus, the face with wide almond-shaped eyes, arched brows, a slender nose, and pursed lips forming a smile, flanked by large protruding ears. Important Note: For essential information on the Jorgen Ruben Gallery Ledger and provenance documentation please visit here: www.zacke.at/rubencollection_ledger Dimensions: Height 26.5 cm (incl. tenon, excl. stand), 27 cm (incl. stand) With an associated fitted wood stand. (2) During Egypt’s Late Period, as the country passed repeatedly between native and foreign rule, its temples remained powerful centers of religious, intellectual, and economic life. Priests sustained the daily cult in the king’s name, entering the sanctuary in a state of ritual purity to open the shrine and tend the divine image through purification, anointing, clothing, incense, hymns, and offerings. Their responsibilities also extended to the administration of temple estates, treasuries, workshops, and archives, placing them among the most learned and influential members of Egyptian society. The present bronze thus gives lasting form to an office that united devotion, learning, and authority: the priest stood between the divine and human worlds, helping to preserve maat, the sacred order upon which Egypt’s prosperity and continued existence were believed to depend. Literature comparison: Compare a related bronze figure of Imhotep, 16.2 cm high, dated Late Period-Ptolemaic Period, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, object number 10.130.1310. Compare a related smaller royal statuette, 10.2 cm high, dated 6th-4th century BC, in the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, inventory number 51.2244. Auction result comparison: Type: Related Auction: Christie’s New York, 11 December 2014, lot 41 Price: USD 52,500 or approx. EUR 66,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing Expert remark: Compare the related modeling and manner of casting. Note the much smaller size (11.6 cm).

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