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Culture: EGYPTIAN.
Date: 600 - 30 BC, (LATE PERIOD).
Material: GRANITE STONE.
Provenance: EX: EARLY PRIVATE COLLECTION.
Condition: PRESERVING THE RIGHT HAND FROM A MONUMENTAL STATUE.
Measurements: 6.5 INCHES LONG, (16.5 CMS).
Cf: For a related closely similar object, see lot 352, Sotheby's New York, Antiquities and Islamic Art Auction, 17 December 1998.
This hand may have been part of a monumental statue of a kneeling king. The posture would have been a kneeling position with both hands bent at elbow and extended with offering to the god. This hand is holding a globular object in offering to the god. A fascinating object.
Antiquities
Ancient Egyptian
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