Ptolemaic Period, 332-30 BC. A bronze figure of Neferhotep advancing on a rectangular base holding the Seth animal-headed sceptre of power in the left hand, right arm held rigid by the side with fist clenched, pleated kilt to the loins, ribbed collar; the head with arrayed hanks of hair, false beard, lentoid wire rims to the eyes (to accept glass or other inserts?), double Crown of Upper and Lower Egypt with uraeus above the brow; mounted on a custom-made stand. 344 grams, 17cm including stand (6 1/2"). From an important London collection; formerly in the private collection of Mrs Bogaert, formed 1949, Ghent, near Brussels, Belgium. A similar figure forms part of the Brooklyn Museum, USA, collection, item 08.480.50. [A video of this item is available to view on TimeLine Auctions website.] Fine condition; left arm repaired.