This lot is offered without reserve.
PROPERTY FROM A NEW ENGLAND COLLECTION
AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE FALCON
PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 304-30 B.C.
細節
AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE FALCON
PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 304-30 B.C.
Standing with its talons splayed, with short tenons below, the closed wings crossing over the tail feathers, with incised details, wearing the Double Crown; together with a male figure kneeling in supplication, his arms bent with the forearms raised in adoration (the right preserved), wearing a tightly-fitted kilt with a central tab and a short striated wig
Falcon: 3 3/16 in. (8.1 cm.) high (2)
來源
Acquired by the current owner's father, New York, prior to 1980.