Lot 105
105
AN EGYPTIAN INDURATED LIMESTONE HORUS FALCON
AN EGYPTIAN INDURATED LIMESTONE HORUS FALCON

LATE PERIOD-PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 400-200 B.C.

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AN EGYPTIAN INDURATED LIMESTONE HORUS FALCON
LATE PERIOD-PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 400-200 B.C.
Standing with wing tips crossing over the tail feathers, the hooded eyes with characteristic crescent-shaped markings beneath, the small hooked beak with indented nostrils, the feathers finely incised
2¼ in. (5.7 cm.) long
Provenance
The Leo Mildenberg Collection, Zurich, acquired prior to 1980.
The Leo Mildenberg Collection of Anceint Animals; Christie's, London, 20 April 2005, lot 222.

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Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
A. S. Walker (ed.), Animals in Ancient Art from the Leo Mildenberg Collection, Part III, Mainz am Rhein, 1996, no. 39.
P. E. Mottahedeh (ed.), Out of Noah's Ark, Animals in Ancient Art from the Leo Mildenberg Collection, Bible Lands Museum, Jerusalem, 1997, no. 46.

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