An Egyptian bronze Ichneumon sarcophagus and a bronze figure of Wepwawet
Late Period, circa 664-332 B.C.
The shrew depicted crouching on all fours, with pointed nose and long tail extended, set on an integral miniature sarcophagus of hollow rectangular form; the canine god of slender elongated form, ears alert, tail curling over the hind legs to the ground, standing on an integral base, 5cm and 6cm long respectively (2)注脚Provenance:
Ichneumon: Private collection, Devon, England, acquired in the 1970s.
Anonymous sale; Bonhams, London, 22 October 2013, lot 48.
Gottfried and Helga Hertel collection, Cologne, acquired at the above sale.
Wepwawet: Gottfried and Helga Hertel collection, Cologne, acquired in the 1970s.