Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas | Antiquities Day One - 17th September 2025
Lot 380
An Egyptian wood Horus falcon mount
Estimate £300 - £400 | Hammer £572
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Description
An Egyptian wood Horus falcon mount
Late Period, circa 664 - 332 BC
with remains of gesso and painted decoration,
9cm high,
an Egyptian wood Ibis head, Late Period, 8.1cm high, and an Egyptian bronze falcon-headed cista handle, Late Period, circa 500 BC, with detailing to the eyes and tripartite wig, 8.5cm high.
Provenance
Falcon - Richard Gill, Eternal Egypt, 5 July 1993.
Cista handle - Bonhams, London, 9 December 1994, lot 242.