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1 May 2013, 10:30 BST
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An Egyptian limestone relief of Horus
Early Middle Kingdom - early New Kingdom, 11th-18th Dynasty, circa 2133-1295 B.C.
Sculpted in relief, depicting a Horus falcon in profile to the right, wearing the double crown, with a frontal uraeus, with finely carved anatomical details of the feathering, feet and face, the wings with added blue-green paint, the feet and tail in ochre, the falcon standing on a rectangular plinth, 14½in (37cm) x 9¾in (24.3cm), mounted in a wood frame with glass
Early Middle Kingdom - early New Kingdom, 11th-18th Dynasty, circa 2133-1295 B.C.
Sculpted in relief, depicting a Horus falcon in profile to the right, wearing the double crown, with a frontal uraeus, with finely carved anatomical details of the feathering, feet and face, the wings with added blue-green paint, the feet and tail in ochre, the falcon standing on a rectangular plinth, 14½in (37cm) x 9¾in (24.3cm), mounted in a wood frame with glass
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Provenance:
Pierre Verite Collection, acquired between 1945-50, thence by descent to Claude Verite.
French private collection, Paris, 1940s.
























