An Egyptian bronze figure of a falcon-headed god
Third Intermediate Period-26th Dynasty, circa 1069-525 B.C.
The deity striding forth, wearing a sun-disc with frontal uraeus, long wig and short pleated kilt, the rectangular integral base inscribed on two sides with a hieroglyphic text which appears to name the moon god Iah and asks that he gives life, prosperity and health to Pa-di-Amun, son of Pa-di-Hathor, 13cm high注脚Provenance:
Private collection, Germany.
Private collection, UK, acquired 1950s-1980s.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 29 April 1991, lot 221.
Gottfried and Helga Hertel collection, Cologne, acquired at the above sale.