Egyptian Bronze Amuletic Enthroned Horus the Child, Late Period, c. 664-332 B.C.

(Bronze Horus the Child)

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Item No.
34.37525
Culture
Egyptian, Late Period, c. 664-332 B.C. 
Item Details.
The child god depicted wearing the triple atef-crown with his characteristic side lock of youth, his throne flanked by prowling lions, their tails alert, with two Bes figures wearing tall plumes standing at the front end of the integral plinth. The combination of Horus the Child and Bes evokes the traditional iconography of a cippus, which also combines these deities, though this particular composition is exceedingly rare. A large bronze group of the same subject was sold at Sotheby's, New York, 11 December 2002, lot 108. Flinders Petrie records a small bronze amulet of Horus the Child striding and flanked by a lion, described as depicting 'Horus the Hunter' (Amulets, reprint 1972, pl. XXVI, no. 143).

Provenance: Resandro collection, Europe, primarily formed late 1960s-1997 (R-443 (HB 13)).

Literature: I. Grimm-Stadelmann (ed.), Aesthetic Glimpses, Masterpieces of Ancient Egyptian Art, The Resandro Collection, Munich, 2012, p.152, no. R-443.

Display stand included

Size
6 cm H - 2 5/16 inches
Material
Bronze 
Condition
Wear to face of Bes to the right, otherwise intact 
Categories
Egypt
Price.
US$ 3800
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