Lot 62
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AN EGYPTIAN GRANITE FALCON HEAD OF THE GOD HORUS
THE PROPERTY OF A BELGIAN DIPLOMAT
AN EGYPTIAN GRANITE FALCON HEAD OF THE GOD HORUS

NEW KINGDOM, DYNASTY XIX, CIRCA 1292-1185 B.C.

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AN EGYPTIAN GRANITE FALCON HEAD OF THE GOD HORUS
NEW KINGDOM, DYNASTY XIX, CIRCA 1292-1185 B.C.
Re-cut in ancient times from another sculpture, with eye rims and characteristic crescentic eye markings carved in relief, wearing striated tripartite wig and broad collar, remains of back pillar, mortise at crown of head for attachment of headdress, now missing
12½ in. (32 cm.) high
Provenance
Private collection of a Belgian diplomat, Brussels, acquired 1967-1972.

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Lot Essay

In ancient Egypt the re-use and recycling of materials including wood, metal and stone was common practice. Reasons were many, including scarcity of materials, economics, both of labour and financially, and either using material belonging to ancestors to provide legitimacy to the new, or to banish a previous ruler's ideology.

Here the fine polishing on the back and sides of the wig would suggest that the Horus was once another god or goddess wearing striated wig.

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