Egyptian Bronze Fish, Oxyrhynkhos Fish, c. 732-332 B.C.

(Bronze Fish)

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Item No.
31.36346
Culture
Egypt, 26th-30th Dyn., c. 732-332 B.C. 
Item Details.
Wearing the horned sun-disk with a frontal Uraeus, elongated snout, engraved eyes and details, long dorsal fin and bifurcated tail. The ventral fins connect to an integrally cast sled-shaped base. Mounted on a wooden stand.
The oxyrhynchus fish helped Isis to find the dismembered Osiris in the Nile and became thus the patron and the supporter of the revival in the afterlife.

Provenance: Collection of Robert J. Molnar, Hillsdale, NJ, acquired in the 1960s. Thence US art market, New York, October 2013.

Display stand included

Size
5.5 cm L - 2 1/8 inches
Material
Bronze 
Condition
Intact 
Categories
Egypt
Price.
US$ 1600
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