AN EGYPTIAN BLACK GRANITE SEATED SCULPTURE FOR NEITH, OVERSEER OF THE CATTLE OF AMUN, NEW KINGDOM, 18TH DYNASTY, 1550-1295 B.C.

AN EGYPTIAN BLACK GRANITE SEATED SCULPTURE FOR NEITH, OVERSEER OF THE CATTLE OF AMUN
NEW KINGDOM, 18TH DYNASTY, 1550-1295 B.C.
16 ¼ in. (41.3 cm.) high

Provenance
Said to be from Diospolis Parva.
Mrs. Theodore Bachman, Scarborough, New York, acquired 1962 or prior.
Mr. and Mrs. A. Barozzi, Chicago, Illinois, acquired circa 1980.
The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, gifted from the above, 1980.

Pre-Lot Text
PROPERTY OF THE VIRGINIA MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, SOLD TO BENEFIT FUTURE ACQUISITIONS

Literature
H.G. Fischer, "The Cult and Nome of the Goddess Bat," JARCE, 1962, p. 15, n. 61.
E. Cruz-Uribe, "An Eighteenth Century Dynasty Statue from Diospolis Parva," Sarapis, vol. V, no. 2, 1980, pp. 40-42.

Exhibited
Richmond, The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (Accession no. 80.163).