Egyptian Bronze Croccodile

Perhaps associated with the Nile crocodile god Sobek who was thought to bring fertility to Egypt.

w. 13 cm

Late Period, 26th-31st Dynasty, 664-332 BC

Bronze

Provenance

Ex Comte de Serionn collection, the administrator of the Suez Canal at the end of the 19th century, France
Ex Charles Ede collection, London
Acquired at Rupert Wace Ancient Art Limited, London, April 22, 2010

Publications

"A Collector’s Menagerie: Animal Sculpture from the Ancient World", Artdaily.org, 2010, [on-line] available at: http://artdaily.com/index.asp?int_sec=11&int_new=36270#.Wmd7BZOdWV4
Rupert Wace: A Collector's Menagerie, Animal Sculpture from the Ancient World, 2011, no. 17
P. Clayton, "Ancient Egypt" in M. Merrony (ed.), Mougins Museum of Classical Art, 2011, p. 47, fig. 24
C. Dauphin, Animals in the Ancient World. The Levett Bestiary, Levett Collection Series 2, France, 2014, pp. 33 and 87
C. Dauphin, Les Animaux dans le Monde Antique. Le Bestiaire Levett, 2016, p. 15, fig. 12 and p.77

Exhibitions

A Collector’s Menagerie: Animal Sculpture from the Ancient World, The Sladmore Gallery, London, England, 05/01/2010 — 05/01/2010
Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, from June 2011
Animal, Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, February 25, 2016 — April 30, 2016

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