OLD KINGDOM, DYNASTY VI, CIRCA 2300-2181 B.C.

細節

AN EGYPTIAN GOLD AMULET OF AN ITHYPHALLIC GOD
OLD KINGDOM, DYNASTY VI, CIRCA 2300-2181 B.C.
Striding with left leg advanced, his right arm raised with forefinger to his lips, suspension hoop on reverse
¾ in. (1.8 cm.) high

來源

The Groppi Collection, Switzerland; acquired in the 1920s-1940s.

展覽

Antikensmuseum Basel und Sammlung Ludwig und Museum August Kestner Hannover, Köstlichkeiten aus Kairo!, 2008, no. 70.

注意事項

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 20% on the buyer's premium.

拍品專文

PUBLISHED:
Exhibition catalogue, Köstlichkeiten aus Kairo!, Antikensmuseum Basel und Sammlung Ludwig und Museum August Kestner Hannover, 2008, p. 125, no. 70.

This is an early representation of Horus the Child. Cf. C. Andrews, Amulets, London, 1994, pl. 5f, for a similar amulet in bone.