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Lot 232 - Falcon Statuette
Estimation: €3,500/€4,000
Very well preserved.
Egypt
Late Dynastic/Ptolemaic Period , 663-31 BC
Bronze
Height 15 cm ( 5 7⁄8 in )
Former collection Mrs. A. Paris, France, acquired from Jean and Huguette Ramié, "Objets d'art" in Cannes. The invoice dated August 3, 1984, will be handed over to the buyer. Provenance according to the invoice, "sale made by Galerie Petit, from June 3 to 5, 1931, Master Lair Dubreuil and Mr. Portier, expert".
G. Roeder, Ägyptische Bronzefiguren, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Berlin 1956
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The falcon is depicted in a naturalistic manner, standing with its tail feathers extending far back, over which the wingtips are crossed. On the falcon's head is a Pschent, the double crown of Egypt. The feathers of the wings are represented in fine relief. The finely modeled head with circular eyes and a pointed beak is also graphically structured by the internal drawing of the face typical of a falcon. The body of the bird is slender and very elegant.
