Egyptian Oxyrynchus Bronze Fish with Seated Votary Donor, c. 600 B.C.

(Egyptian Fish)

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Item No.
33.37296
Culture
Egypt, c. 600 B.C. 
Item Details.
Superb quality and patina oxyrynchus fish on integral stand, Hathor’s horns and sun disk, a Uraeus in front. Sitting in front of him a kneeling votary. Extremely fine engraved details.
The grey-coloured fish (Marymus kannume) was regarded as a form of the goddess Hathor. It figures in the later version of the Osiris legend as the creature which swallowed and preserved the phallus of the dismembered king.

Provenance: ex. British collection, acquired in Europe prior to 1990. ex. London auction.

Size
10.5 cm L - 4 1/8 inches
Material
Bronze 
Condition
Intact 
Categories
Egypt
Price.
US$ 5000
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