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THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE HORUS FALCON
LATE PERIOD-PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 664-30 B.C.
Details
AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE HORUS FALCON
LATE PERIOD-PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 664-30 B.C.
Hollow cast, wearing the Double Crown fronted by a uraeus and projecting curl (now missing), and traces of an incised broad collar with central wedjat-eye, wing and tail feathers relief moulded with incised details, the head finely modelled with lidded round eyes, a hooked beak and typical facial markings, the underside with an opening for insertion of a mummy, now missing, presumably once sealed in plaster, mounted
10¾ in. (27.4 cm.) high
LATE PERIOD-PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 664-30 B.C.
Hollow cast, wearing the Double Crown fronted by a uraeus and projecting curl (now missing), and traces of an incised broad collar with central wedjat-eye, wing and tail feathers relief moulded with incised details, the head finely modelled with lidded round eyes, a hooked beak and typical facial markings, the underside with an opening for insertion of a mummy, now missing, presumably once sealed in plaster, mounted
10¾ in. (27.4 cm.) high
Provenance
With Spink & Son Ltd., London, August 1964.
Private collection, Sweden and thence by descent to the present owners.
Private collection, Sweden and thence by descent to the present owners.
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