SculptureEgyptian7th-6th century BCE

Horus Falcon Wearing Crown of Upper and Lower Egypt with Uraeus

mid 7th-late 6th century BCE

Classification

Sculpture

Technique

Cast, lost-wax process

Medium

Leaded bronze, gold-alloy inlay around eye

Culture

Egyptian

Period

Late Period, Dynasty 26

Century

7th-6th century BCE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics

Dimensions

37.5 x 9.5 x 24.1 cm (14 3/4 x 3 3/4 x 9 1/2 in.)

Provenance

Eddé collection, Alexandria, Egypt. [J. Hirsch, Ars Classica, Geneva, November/December 1928,] sold; to Grenville L. Winthrop, New York, NY, (1928-1943), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.

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