Inv. n°: MMoCA741

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, 26th May 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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