LOT 0026 Egyptian Sarcophagus for a Shrew
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Late Period, 664-332 BC. A bronze sarcophagus for a shrew, square in section and hollow containing the remains of the animal and with a model of it on the upper face; attached to an old collector's handwritten note mounted behind the piece in a wooden frame, stating: 'Mummy of the Mus Ar[..]a[.]us (Shrewmouse) sacred to Buto, goddess of the night: taken from a tomb at Memphis. See Herodotus, Interpa. 67. Q[uer]y: was the veneration for this creature derived from its traditional destruction of the army of Sennacherib according to Herodotus?' 128 grams, 17 x 11cm (6 3/4 x 4 1/4"). Property of a London gentleman; from a private English collection formed in 1980s; believed to be from a 19th century collection.[No Reserve]
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