Lot 13
13
Property Sold to Benefit THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
AN EGYPTIAN LIMESTONE FALCON

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AN EGYPTIAN LIMESTONE FALCON
PTOLEMAIC TO ROMAN PERIOD, 304 B.C.-395 A.D.

Probably Horus, standing on an integral base with detailed talons in front, the wing tips overlapping the tail feathers behind, 16 1/16in. (41.1cm.) high

Lot Essay

For a related example in hard stone, see pp. 22 and following in Hanhisalo, "Horus," The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Bulletin, 1972. For an almost identical example in limestone, see GL.57.14.86 in the collection of the North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC.

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