Bronze Votive Figure of God Horus as a Falcon

Wears a miniature Double Crow. Feathers all over body rendered by small semicircles. Wings cross over on tail. Legs and feet realistically portrayed.

h. 4.5 x w. 14.2 cm

Late Period - Ptolemaic Period

Bronze

Provenance

Ex private american collection, acquired mid 1970s
Acquired at Boisgirard, Arts d'Orient sale, lot 142

Publications

Pierre Bergé & Associés, Archéologie, May 26, 2011, lot 142, p. 61
C. Dauphin, Animals in the Ancient World. The Levett Bestiary, Levett Collection Series 2, France, 2014, pp. 22 and 88
C. Dauphin, Les animaux dans le monde antique. Le bestiaire Levett, Serie Collection Levett 2, France, 2016, p. 21, fig. 18 and p. 79

Exhibitions

Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, from June 2011

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