Egyptian Bronze Figure of a Pantheistic Deity Egyptian Bronze Figure of a Pantheistic Deity Egyptian Bronze Figure of a Pantheistic Deity Egyptian Bronze Figure of a Pantheistic Deity Egyptian Bronze Figure of a Pantheistic Deity Egyptian Bronze Figure of a Pantheistic Deity
Egyptian Bronze Figure of a Pantheistic Deity
Egyptian Bronze Figure of a Pantheistic Deity
Egyptian Bronze Figure of a Pantheistic Deity
Egyptian Bronze Figure of a Pantheistic Deity
Egyptian Bronze Figure of a Pantheistic Deity
Egyptian Bronze Figure of a Pantheistic Deity

Egyptian Bronze Figure of a Pantheistic Deity

SKU: HQ.0129

Origin: Egypt
Circa: Late Period to Ptolemaic Period, 664 BC to 30 BC 
Dimensions: 5.5" Height x 1.75" Width (14 cm x 4.5 cm), 6.5" Height on custom stand 
Medium: Bronze

This unique bronze statuette of a pantheistic deity, features a jackal-headed figure in the guise of Anubis to the front and a falcon headed deity symbolic of Horus to the back. Depicted nude, holding a crook and flail, the bandy-legged figure stands on an integral plinth encircled by a serpent with a head at each end. The deity's back side is supported by a falcon's tail with delicately incised feathers at the base. The falcon's head to the rear is shown between two large ears and a tripartite wig that is surmounted by two uraei, a solar disk and two tall plumes. 

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$4,500.00

Antiquities Christie's New York, June 11th, 2003. Private Collection, Beverly Hills, California.

Intact. Fine condition, retaining elements of incised detail to the wig, plumes, double uraei, and falcon's tail. Overall surface wear with patches of mild oxidation.

This unique statuette is part of a known type of Egyptian bronze figures that can be referred to as Pantheistic. They depict a composite deity who has the attributes, and therefore the powers, of several different gods. This image specifically portrays both the jackal headed Anubis and the falcon headed Horus, but the body may also more indirectly refer to Bes, with his bandy legs and somewhat corpulent stature. The folded arms holding the crook and flail immediately recall the image of Osiris. By incorporating these elements into a single figure, the statuette may have protected the owner from many evils at once.

See 'Statue, Deity,' The University of Chicago, Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures, E11375, accession number 256.

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