From the permanent collection · September 15, 2026
Statue of a kneeling Kushite king
Unknown artist · ca. 733–664 BCE
Bronze; gold leaf
Statue of a kneeling Kushite king, by an unknown artist, ca. 733–664 BCE.
Bronze; gold leaf.
From the collection of the The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift and Anne and John V. Hansen Egyptian Purchase Fund, 2002.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift and Anne and John V. Hansen Egyptian Purchase Fund, 2002
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