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<em>Figure of the Child Horus Standing</em>, 664-525 B.C.E. Faience, 2 1/2 × 11/16 × 5/8 in. (6.3 × 1.7 × 1.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.580.61. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 16.580.61.jpg)
Figure of the Child Horus Standing, 664-525 B.C.E. Faience, 2 1/2 × 11/16 × 5/8 in. (6.3 × 1.7 × 1.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.580.61. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 16.580.61.jpg)
<em>Figure of the Child Horus Standing</em>, 664-525 B.C.E. Faience, 2 1/2 × 11/16 × 5/8 in. (6.3 × 1.7 × 1.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.580.61. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 16.580.61.jpg)

Figure of the Child Horus Standing, 664-525 B.C.E. Faience, 2 1/2 × 11/16 × 5/8 in. (6.3 × 1.7 × 1.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.580.61. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 16.580.61.jpg)

<em>Figure of the Child Horus Standing</em>, 664-525 B.C.E. Faience, 2 1/2 × 11/16 × 5/8 in. (6.3 × 1.7 × 1.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.580.61. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.580.61_view01.jpg)

Figure of the Child Horus Standing, 664-525 B.C.E. Faience, 2 1/2 × 11/16 × 5/8 in. (6.3 × 1.7 × 1.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.580.61. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.580.61_view01.jpg)

<em>Figure of the Child Horus Standing</em>, 664-525 B.C.E. Faience, 2 1/2 × 11/16 × 5/8 in. (6.3 × 1.7 × 1.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.580.61. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.580.61_view02.jpg)

Figure of the Child Horus Standing, 664-525 B.C.E. Faience, 2 1/2 × 11/16 × 5/8 in. (6.3 × 1.7 × 1.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.580.61. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.580.61_view02.jpg)

<em>Figure of the Child Horus Standing</em>, 664-525 B.C.E. Faience, 2 1/2 × 11/16 × 5/8 in. (6.3 × 1.7 × 1.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.580.61. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.580.61_view03.jpg)

Figure of the Child Horus Standing, 664-525 B.C.E. Faience, 2 1/2 × 11/16 × 5/8 in. (6.3 × 1.7 × 1.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.580.61. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.580.61_view03.jpg)

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Figure of the Child Horus Standing

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

MEDIUM Faience
  • Place Made: Egypt
    • DATES 664-525 B.C.E.
    DYNASTY Dynasty 26
    PERIOD Late Period, Saite Period (probably)
    DIMENSIONS 2 1/2 × 11/16 × 5/8 in. (6.3 × 1.7 × 1.6 cm)  (show scale)
    COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
    ACCESSION NUMBER 16.580.61
    CREDIT LINE Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father Charles Edwin Wilbour
    CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Dark red-purple faience figure of the child Horus standing. Body nude with left leg advanced, left arm at side and right hand held at mouth. Side-lock on head. Arms in the round. Plinth piereced horizontally. Condition: Both feet missing. Object of fine quality of its type. Glaze worn on body.
    MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
    CAPTION Figure of the Child Horus Standing, 664-525 B.C.E. Faience, 2 1/2 × 11/16 × 5/8 in. (6.3 × 1.7 × 1.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.580.61. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 16.580.61.jpg)
    IMAGE overall, 16.580.61.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2004
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    <em>Figure of the Child Horus Standing</em>, 664-525 B.C.E. Faience, 2 1/2 × 11/16 × 5/8 in. (6.3 × 1.7 × 1.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.580.61. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 16.580.61.jpg)

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