Tribal Art & Antiquities - 22nd September 2020
Lot 8
An Egyptian bronze Horus falcon sarcophagus Late Period
Estimate £1,500 - £2,500 | Hammer £6000
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Description
An Egyptian bronze Horus falcon sarcophagus
Late Period, circa 664 - 332 BC
the falcon deity wearing a double crown with chased feather and having gold eye outlines, standing on a cavetto moulded corniced rectangular sarcophagus,
13.8cm high, 17.8cm long.
Provenance
Dr Ferdinand Mainzer, Collection, 1871 - 1943.
Lucie John (nee Mainzer)
Gisela Stone (nee John)
Evan David Robert Stone QC and thence by descent.