Uraeus standing in inlaid bronze - Lot 1

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Uraeus standing in inlaid bronze - Lot 1
Uraeus standing in inlaid bronze An Egyptian inlaid bronze Uraeus Egypt, Late Period or Ptolemaic ( 664-30 B.C.) H. 9 cm Provenance : Nicolas Landau Collection (1887-1979). Sotheby's sale, April 8 and 9, 2013. Uraeus, probably from a statue headdress. The top of the skull has a point that would have held a solar disk. The breastplate is inlaid with lapis lazuli and red glass paste. Bronze with a slightly crusty green patina. Remains of gilding. Inlays of lapis lazuli may have been added.
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