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Culture: EGYPTIAN.
Date: 664 -525 BC.
Origin: 26TH DYANSTY.
Material: WOOD.
Provenance: NYC PRIVATE COLLECTION.
Condition: INTACT, WITH TRACES OF POLYCHROME AND GUILDING.
Measurements: 6.25 INCHES LONG, (16 cms), 3.5 INCHES HIGH, (9 cms).
An affordable Egyptian falcon, with an old collector's label at base, (marked # 23). From a lid of a canopic chest. Maybe a representation of Sokar, patron of the Memphite necropolis.
Cf: For a closely similar example, see lot # 254, Sotheby's New York Antiquities Auction, 1 June, 1995. See also, Mummies and Magic, no. 143, for a complete example of a canopic chest.
Antiquities
Ancient Egyptian
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