AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE BUST OF FALCON-HEADED HORUS

THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXI-XXII, 1070-712 B.C.

Details

AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE BUST OF FALCON-HEADED HORUS
THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD,
DYNASTY XXI-XXII, 1070-712 B.C.
Hollow cast, the surface finished for the attachment of the separately-made and now-missing arms and lower body, the torso subtly-modelled, wearing a broad collar, a striated tripartite wig and Double Crown, with incised facial markings, a lozenge pattern on the collar, the inlaid black and white eyes seemingly modern replacements
11½ in. (29.2 cm.) high

Provenance

French Private Collection.
with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, 1989 (Gods and Mortals, no. 150).

Literature

J.M. Eisenberg and R.S. Bianchi, Catalogue of the Egyptian and Near Eastern Bronzes in the Collection of John Kluge, New York, 1992, no. 88-110.

Lot Essay

This figure is a representative of the sophisticated bronze casting abilities of the ancient Egyptians of the Third Intermediate Period, who created impressive statuary by hollow casting the figure's component parts in bronze and fitting these parts together (see Bianchi, "Egyptian Metal Statuary of the Third Intermediate Period (Circa 1070-656 B.C.) from Its Egyptian Antecedents to Its Samian Examples," in True and Podany, eds., The J. Paul Getty Museum, Small Bronze Sculpture from the Ancient World).

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