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BRONZE HORUS
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140
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BRONZE HORUS
See original version (French)
Estimate €2,000 - €3,000
Voluntary lot
Description
BRONZE HORUS
Roman-Egyptian art, 1st–3rd centuries AD.
A statuette depicting the god Horus in his falcon form, wearing the double pschent crown of Upper and Lower Egypt, with finely incised plumage.
Height: 10.9 cm
Provenance: Former American private collection, acquired in the mid-1970s
Pierre Bergé & Associés, Paris, 26 May 2011: lot 142 (ill.)
Christian Levett Collection, Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins
Exhibitions: Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, June 2011–August 2023 (Inv. No. MMoCA741)
Bibliography: Pierre Bergé & Associés, Archaeology, Paris, 26 May 2011, lot 142
C. Dauphin, Animals in the Ancient World. The Levett Bestiary, Levett Collection Series 2, France, 2014, pp. 22 and 88
C. Dauphin, Animals in the Ancient World. The Levett Bestiary, Levett Collection Series 2, France, 2016, p. 21, fig. 18 and p. 79
A Romano-Egyptian bronze statuette of Horus,
1st–3rd century AD.
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