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Fragment of a censer with royal figure

Fragment of a censer with royal figure kneeling on his heels with cartouche-shaped incense box. The royal figure wears a blue crown with a stylised uraeus. The arms are bent, and the hands rest on the cartouche. The whole piece rests on a fragmentary bronze tube, in which part of the casting core is visible. The object is made in the lost-wax technique for hollow casts.

Cat. 1391
Metal / Bronze
712–332 BCE
Late Period
Unknown
Old Fund, 1824–1888
Not on display
Museo Egizio