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Statuette of a deity

Egyptian

Medium/Technique Bronze
Dimensions Height x width: 7.0 x 2.2 cm (2 3/4 x 7/8 in.)
Credit Line Hay Collection—Gift of C. Granville Way
Accession Number72.4424
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsSculpture

DescriptionBronze; heavily patinated with brown, high head-dress; right arm bent forward; left down; stands on ridge.
ProvenanceBy 1836: Robert Hay Collection, Linplum, Scotland; 1863: to his son, Robert James Alexander Hay; 1868-1872: Way Collection, Boston (purchased by Samuel A. Way through London dealers Rollin and Feuardent, 27 Haymarket); 1872: given to the MFA by Samuel's son, C. Granville Way.