HORUS-FAUCON SARCOPHAGE in bronze, the rectangular bowl with cornice, surmounted by a statuette representing the god Horus in the form of a falcon, wearing the pschent and uræus, the plumage finely engraved, the neck engraved with a collar. One of the eyes is inset with a silver pastille encircled by a yellow gold wire.
Ancient Egypt, Late Period to Ptolemaic Period, circa 650 B.C.
Height: 17 cm - Width: 6 cm - Length: 16.5 cm
(Oxidation, visible damage and missing pieces)
PROVENANCE :
- Collection of Monsieur Arthur Joly de Bammeville (1820 - 1892)
- Sold at Drouot Paris in June 1893, lot 272. Paul Chevallier, auctioneer. See catalog p. 44.
- Collection from Normandy to the present day.
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