Property from a European Private Collection
AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE FIGURE OF HORUS, 26TH/30TH DYNASTY, 664-342 B.C.
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July 2, 04:42 PM GMT
Estimate
3,500 - 6,500 GBP
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Property from a European Private Collection
AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE FIGURE OF HORUS, 26TH𒐪/30TH DYNASTY, 664-342 B.C.
the falcon-headed god striding on a rectangular base with his left hand extended and his right hand held to his side, and wearing a pleated royal kilt , broad collar, and striated tripart💫ite wig surmounted by the crown of Upper and Lower Egypt with uraeus, the facial makings carefully engrꦆaved.
Height wihout tenon 16 cm.
Courtois Collection
Maison Platt, Paris
Charles❀ Bouché (🍌1928-2010), acquired from the above in 1950
Hôtel Drouot, Paris, Thierry de Maigret, Novembওer 15th, 2013, no. 172, illus.