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Two Egyptian bronze deities 2
7 July 2016, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street£1,000 - £1,500
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Two Egyptian bronze deities
Late Period, circa 664-30 B.C.
A bronze bust of Horus as Emperor, the falcon-headed deity wearing a tripartite wig, surmounted by a crown, 8.5cm high; and a bronze figure of Harpokrates, in typical stance, depicted with a sidelock and index finger extended towards the mouth, 10.8cm high (2)
Late Period, circa 664-30 B.C.
A bronze bust of Horus as Emperor, the falcon-headed deity wearing a tripartite wig, surmounted by a crown, 8.5cm high; and a bronze figure of Harpokrates, in typical stance, depicted with a sidelock and index finger extended towards the mouth, 10.8cm high (2)
Footnotes
Provenance:
Collection of John Ward F.S.A (1832-1912), Egyptologist and author of volumes including Pyramids and Progress, Sketches from Egypt, 1900; Our Sudan. Its Pyramids and Progress, 1905; and The Sacred Beetle.
Thence by descent.
Accompanied by copies of various photographs and a postcard from 1904.
Literature:
For a similar Horus-Emperor bust cf. Exhibition catalogue, Égypte Romaine, Museum of Mediterranean Archaeology, Marseilles, 1997, p.230 fig. 253.
























