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Wooden Head of a Cobra with Solar Disk, Egyptian, New Kingdom around 1300-1200 BC

The head with impressive eyes and vertical notches to render the cleft lip and the nostrils.

The uraeus is associated to the Pharaoh and spits poison towards his enemies. These heads used to be attached to wooden shrines for their magical protection.

For an identical head cf. lot no. 10 in: Jean-David Cahn. Tiere und Mischwesen V. Katalog 17. Basel 2005.

Broken at the neck level, applied ochre pigment.

H. 8.3 cm (3.3 in), with stand 18.5 cm (7.3 in)

Swiss private collection

650 USD