AKHEM FALCON IN STUCCO AND PAINTED WOOD

AKHEM FALCON IN STUCCO AND PAINTED WOOD

Egyptian art, Third Intermediate Period, 1069–664 B.C.

Statuette depicting the Akhem falcon in a reclining position, decorated in polychrome with a latticework pattern on the body. It was the central piece of a qersou-type coffin.

Dimensions: 13 x 21.5 cm

Provenance: British private collection, acquired in the early 19th century

Henry and Lilian Dowler Collection, assembled in the early 20th century

Rupert Wace Ancient Art Limited, London

Christian Levett Collection, Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins, acquired in 2011

Exhibitions: Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, June 2011–August 2023 (Inv. No. MMoCA753)

Bibliography: Rupert Wace Ancient Art, Acquisitions, 2007, no. 7

C. Dauphin, Animals in the Ancient World. The Levett Bestiary, Levett Collection Series 2, France, 2014, pp. 22 and 86

C. Dauphin, Animals in the Ancient World. The Levett Bestiary, Levett Collection Series 2, France, 2016, p. 20, fig. 17, and p. 77

An Egyptian gesso-painted wooden falcon,

Third Intermediate Period, 1069–664 B.C.