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AKHEM FALCON IN STUCCO AND PAINTED WOOD
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AKHEM FALCON IN STUCCO AND PAINTED WOOD
See original version (French)
Estimate €2,000 - €3,000
Voluntary lot
Description
AKHEM FALCON IN STUCCO AND PAINTED WOOD
Egyptian art, Third Intermediate Period, 1069–664 BC.
Statuette depicting the Akhem falcon in a reclining position, decorated in polychrome with a latticework pattern on the body. It was the central piece of a qersou-type coffin.
Dimensions: 13 x 21.5 cm
Provenance: British private collection, acquired in the early 19th century
Henry and Lilian Dowler Collection, assembled in the early 20th century
Rupert Wace Ancient Art Limited, London
Christian Levett Collection, Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins, acquired in 2011
Exhibitions: Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, June 2011–August 2023 (Inv. No. MMoCA753)
Bibliography: Rupert Wace Ancient Art, Acquisitions, 2007, no. 7
C. Dauphin, Animals in the Ancient World. The Levett Bestiary, Levett Collection Series 2, France, 2014, pp. 22 and 86
C. Dauphin, Animals in the Ancient World. The Levett Bestiary, Levett Collection Series 2, France, 2016, p. 20, fig. 17 and p. 77
An Egyptian gesso-painted wooden falcon,
Third Intermediate Period, 1069–664 BC.
See original version (French)
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