Lot 31
ANCIENT EGYPTIAN BRONZE STATUE OF HORUS
EGYPT, LATE DYNASTIC PERIOD, 26TH DYNASTY, 664-525 B.C.
Auction: 26 November 2026 from 14:00 GMT
Description
cast bronze, depicting the child Horus nude and striding forward, left hand to his side and right hand raised, lifting a finger to the chin; with gold gilt eyes, his hair is styled with the sidelock of youth with gold wire trailing through and wearing the double crown of Egypt; raised on a bespoke mount
Dimensions
8.2cm tall
Provenance
Private collection, South America; acquired 1950s
Private collection, UK; acquired early 1970s
Footnote
Compare Günther Roeder, Ägyptische Bronzewerke (Hamburg-New York, 1937), pl.7/f