LATE PERIOD EGYPTIAN BRONZE SHREW SARCOPHAGUS
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£150 - £200
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£190 |
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.
LATE PERIOD EGYPTIAN BRONZE SHREW SARCOPHAGUS 6.5 cms long Often construed as a mongoose, these small animal sarcophaguses illustrate the close relationship that the Egyptians apparently evolved in relating the symbolic relationship of the shrew and mongoose representing the two faces of night and day. Provenance: Private Collection, Somerset
