Sale 9540
New York
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7 December 2000
VARIOUS PROPERTIES
Price realised
USD 21,150
Estimate
AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE FALCON Late Period, Dynasty XXVI-XXX, 664-343 B.C. Standing with the talons together, the feathering of the wings and the characteristic patterning of the eyes defined by incision 6 in. (15.2 cm) high
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For a similar falcon see no. 99 p. 116-117 in Fazzini, Images for Eternity: Egyptian Art from Berkeley and Brooklyn.
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