664 - 535 BC
Height 5" not counting museum mount
Provenance: Martha Pillard, Honolulu, docent of Academy of Arts, obtained from her private collection in 1999
Christian Rub, Santa Barbara, father of Martha Pillard; actor and antique shop owner in the 1930's and fried of Taos artist Joseph Henry Sharp
Private English collection prior to 1950
The 26th Dynasty, also known as the Saite period (664–525 BC), was the last native Egyptian dynasty before the Persian conquest, marking a significant revival of Egyptian culture, art, and power under rulers like Psamtik I, who reunified Egypt after Assyrian influence, fostering a strong state that balanced native traditions with foreign trade, particularly with Greeks, and briefly expanded influence into Asia. A remarkable example even fragmentary.
664 - 535 BC
Height 5" not counting museum mount
Provenance: Martha Pillard, Honolulu, docent of Academy of Arts, obtained from her private collection in 1999
Christian Rub, Santa Barbara, father of Martha Pillard; actor and antique shop owner in the 1930's and fried of Taos artist Joseph Henry Sharp
Private English collection prior to 1950
The 26th Dynasty, also known as the Saite period (664–525 BC), was the last native Egyptian dynasty before the Persian conquest, marking a significant revival of Egyptian culture, art, and power under rulers like Psamtik I, who reunified Egypt after Assyrian influence, fostering a strong state that balanced native traditions with foreign trade, particularly with Greeks, and briefly expanded influence into Asia. A remarkable example even fragmentary.
