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View full screen - View 1 of Lot 52. Egyptian red Aswan granite Horus falcon, Ptolemaic period, 305 - 30 B.C. | Faucon d'Horus en granite rouge d'Assouan, art égyptien, Epoque ptolémaïque, 305-30 avant J.-C. .

Egyptian red Aswan granite Horus falcon, Ptolemaic period, 305 - 30 B.C. | Faucon d'Horus en granite rouge d'Assouan, art égyptien, Epoque ptolémaïque, 305-30 avant J.-C.

Auction Closed

April 22, 02:09 PM GMT

Estimate

8,000 - 10,000 EUR

Lot Details

Description

Egyptian red Aswan granite Horus falcon, Ptolemaic period, 305 - 30 B.C.


standing with the wings crossed over the tail feathers, the lower half and base restored in the 19th or early 20th Century.


Height: 19 3/4 in


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Faucon d'Horus en granite rouge d'Assouan, art égyptien, Epoque ptolémaïque, 305-30 avant J.-C.


Les ailes repliées et croisées sur les plumes de la queue, la moitié inférieure restaurée au XIXe ou début du XXe siècle.


Hateur : 50 cm

Ancienne collection privée, XIXe siècle/début du XXe siècle (sur la base des techniques de restauration)
Marché de l'art français
Bonhams, Londres, 4 juillet 1995, lot 43
Collection de Gottfried et Helga Hertel, Cologne (Bonhams, Londres, 3 juillet 2019, lot 287)

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