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Lot 270

An Egyptian bronze figure of a falcon-headed god

3 July 2019, 10:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

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An Egyptian bronze figure of a falcon-headed god
Third Intermediate Period-26th Dynasty, circa 1069-525 B.C.
The deity striding forth, wearing a sun-disc with frontal uraeus, long wig and short pleated kilt, the rectangular integral base inscribed on two sides with a hieroglyphic text which appears to name the moon god Iah and asks that he gives life, prosperity and health to Pa-di-Amun, son of Pa-di-Hathor, 13cm high

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Provenance:
Private collection, Germany.
Private collection, UK, acquired 1950s-1980s.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 29 April 1991, lot 221.
Gottfried and Helga Hertel collection, Cologne, acquired at the above sale.

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