Egyptian statuette of the child Horus, Late Dynastic Period, 26th Dynasty, 664-525 BC
Bronze
Height: 8.2cm
8499
Charles Ede, London
£ 3,500.00
Solid cast in bronze with gold detailing. The child deity is shown striding forward, left arm held close to his side, the fist clenched, the forefinger of his right hand...
Solid cast in bronze with gold detailing. The child deity is shown striding forward, left arm held close to his side, the fist clenched, the forefinger of his right hand lifted to his mouth. Depicted nude, his eyes and braided side-lock are inlaid with gold, he wears the Pschent (double crown of Lower and Upper Egypt) with uraeus. Legs broken at the shin.
Provenance
Private collection, South America; acquired 1950sPrivate collection, UK; acquired early 1970s
Literature
Compare Günther Roeder, Ägyptische Bronzewerke (Hamburg-New York, 1937), pl.7/f1
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