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PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE COLLECTION
AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE FALCON SARCOPHAGUS
LATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXVI, 664-525 B.C.
Details
AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE FALCON SARCOPHAGUS
LATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXVI, 664-525 B.C.
In the form of a long quadrangular pylon surmounted by the Horus Falcon standing with finely-engraved wings crossing over the tail feathers, wearing the crown of Upper and Lower Egypt fronted by a uraeus, the projecting spiral now missing, the front of the sarcophagus engraved with two rows of hieroglyphics, reading: "Horus of Pe, the Son and Heir, who gives all life and health (to) Pedibast, son of Hor," the back open
10½ in. (26.7 cm.) long
LATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXVI, 664-525 B.C.
In the form of a long quadrangular pylon surmounted by the Horus Falcon standing with finely-engraved wings crossing over the tail feathers, wearing the crown of Upper and Lower Egypt fronted by a uraeus, the projecting spiral now missing, the front of the sarcophagus engraved with two rows of hieroglyphics, reading: "Horus of Pe, the Son and Heir, who gives all life and health (to) Pedibast, son of Hor," the back open
10½ in. (26.7 cm.) long
Provenance
Tigrane Pacha d'Abro (1848-1904), Egypt.
Joseph Ternbach Collection; Sotheby's, New York, 24-25 November 1987, lot 33.
Joseph Ternbach Collection; Sotheby's, New York, 24-25 November 1987, lot 33.
Literature
D. Pacha, Collection d'Antiquités Égyptiennes de Tigrane Pacha d'Abro, Paris, 1911, no. 28, pl. XVII.
Museum of Archaeology at Staten Island, Divine Images and Other Fabulous Creatures, Staten Island, 1978, no. 10.
R. Merhav, et al., A Glimpse Into the Past: The Joseph Ternbach Collection, Jerusalem, 1981, no. 121.
Museum of Archaeology at Staten Island, Divine Images and Other Fabulous Creatures, Staten Island, 1978, no. 10.
R. Merhav, et al., A Glimpse Into the Past: The Joseph Ternbach Collection, Jerusalem, 1981, no. 121.
Exhibited
The Museum of Archaeology at Staten Island, Divine Images and Other Fabulous Creatures, 30 April-30 July 1978.
Jerusalem, The Israel Museum, A Glimpse into the Past: the Joseph Ternbach Collection, 1981-1982.
Jerusalem, The Israel Museum, A Glimpse into the Past: the Joseph Ternbach Collection, 1981-1982.
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