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Description : AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE FALCON SARCOPHAGUS LATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXVI, 664-525 B.C. In the form of a long quadrangular pylon surmounted by the Horus Falcon standing with finely-engraved wings crossing over the tail feathers, wearing the crown of Upper and Lower Egypt fronted by a uraeus, the projecting spiral now missing, the front of the sarcophagus engraved with two rows of hieroglyphics, reading: "Horus of Pe, the Son and Heir, who gives all life and health (to) Pedibast, son of Hor," the back open 10½ in. (26.7 cm.) long
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About the lot N° 21
Title : AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE FALCON SARCOPHAGUS
Provenance : Tigrane Pacha d'Abro (1848-1904), Egypt.Joseph Ternbach Collection; Sotheby's, New York, 24-25 November 1987, lot 33.
Literature : D. Pacha, Collection d'Antiquités Égyptiennes de Tigrane Pacha d'Abro, Paris, 1911, no. 28, pl. XVII.Museum of Archaeology at Staten Island, Divine Images and Other Fabulous Creatures, Staten Island, 1978, no. 10.R. Merhav, et al., A Glimpse Into the Past: The Joseph Ternbach Collection, Jerusalem, 1981, no. 121.
Notes : PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE COLLECTION
Christie's, auctioneer, New York, US It's free to register now to view!
Sale title : Antiquities
Sale date : 08 Jun 2012 It's free to register now to view!
Sale Reference : Live Sale

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