BRONZE SITULA

BRONZE SITULA

Body of vessel cast in shallow raised in two horizontal registers with decoration in lower part of a figure offering on an altar to the ithyphallic god Amon Re, three goddesses behind; in upper register two funerary boats, two pillars inbetween; two ringhandles on top

Ex priv. coll. J.J.M., Netherlands 1950-1992, H.W.S. Netherlands 2000
H. 11 cm. Intact. Brown patina, mounted.

Late Period, 26th – 30th Dyn., c. 664 – 343 BC.

With original ticket Christie’s London, 27 April 1994, lot 141
Situlas are ceremonial vessels usually with water, used in religious rituals and funerary rites
Cf. G.D. Scott, Temple Tomb and Dwelling, The Harer Collection III, California State University, San Bernandino 1992, no. 29