A Grand Tour bronze statuette of Hatshepsut (1490-1470 BC) in kneeling pose wearing a tripartite nemes headdress with uraeus to the brow, tight-fitting kilt with belt; a small poppy-head vessel in each hand supported on the thighs; cartouche and hieroglyphs to the overlapping front of the kilt, and more to the belt at the rear; mounted on a custom-made stand. 821 grams, 12.5cm (5"). Property of a South African lady; formerly in the private collection of Dr. Frederick Lorch, Swiss geologist and author on Egyptian antiquities, and managing director of S.A. Minerals Corporation; acquired from the early 1960s to the early 1980s; thence by descent to the current owner; accompanied by a copy of a typed collection inventory from the 1980s or earlier that states under item 1. ' An Egyptian bronze statue of Hatshepsut, the female pharaoh. Dated 1490-1470BC. No other statue in bronze of Hatshepsut is known to exist. Some time ago the British Museum tried to buy it from the present owner...' [No Reserve] See More