Live Auction 2273The William F. Reilly Collection
Christie’s roundel
Lot 65

AN EGYPTIAN LIMESTONE SCULPTOR'S MODEL

LATE PERIOD TO PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 664-30 B.C.

Closed14 October 2009

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USD 15,000

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AN EGYPTIAN LIMESTONE SCULPTOR'S MODEL
LATE PERIOD TO PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 664-30 B.C.
Sculpted in raised relief with a falcon standing on a rectangular plinth, facing right, the feathering finely incised, a raised border above
5¼ in. (13.3 cm.) high

French Private Collection.
with Orient-Occident, Paris, early 1980s.
French Private Collection, 1988.
with Ward & Co., New York, 1996.