Bidspirit auction | Egyptian Bronze Frog Weight

Egyptian Bronze Frog Weight - New Kingdom, 1550-1070 BC A bronze figurine of a squatting frog with extended forelegs. 133 grams, 70mm (2 3/4”). Fine condition. [No Reserve] Provenance From the Aldred family private collection; acquired by the vendor's father before 1950. Literature Cf. Andrews, C. Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London, 1994, item 28(h). Footnotes The frog was sacred to the goddess Heqet and associated with the fertility brought by the flooding of the River Nile.