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AN EGYPTIAN STEATITE HORUS
LATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXX, 380-343 B.C.
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AN EGYPTIAN STEATITE HORUS
LATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXX, 380-343 B.C.
The child god seated on an elaborate throne flanked by striding lions, the back carved in the form of a pylon gate, topped with a uraeus frieze, on an integral plinth, depicted nude, his left hand on his thigh, his right held up to his face with his index finger raised to his lips, wearing a broad collar, his characteristic plaited side lock of youth, and the Double Crown fronted by a looped uraeus, a diminutive figure of his mother Isis behind him, pressed against his back, her arms angled forward with the palms open, wearing a tripartite headcloth surmounted by a modius of uraei supporting cow horns framing plumes and a solar disk
6 5/8 in. (15.6 cm.) high
LATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXX, 380-343 B.C.
The child god seated on an elaborate throne flanked by striding lions, the back carved in the form of a pylon gate, topped with a uraeus frieze, on an integral plinth, depicted nude, his left hand on his thigh, his right held up to his face with his index finger raised to his lips, wearing a broad collar, his characteristic plaited side lock of youth, and the Double Crown fronted by a looped uraeus, a diminutive figure of his mother Isis behind him, pressed against his back, her arms angled forward with the palms open, wearing a tripartite headcloth surmounted by a modius of uraei supporting cow horns framing plumes and a solar disk
6 5/8 in. (15.6 cm.) high
Provenance
with C. Dikran Kelekian, New York, 1981.
Literature
G.D. Scott, III, Temple, Tomb and Dwelling: Egyptian Antiquities from the Harer Family Trust Collection, San Bernardino, 1992, no. 92, pp. 146-147.
Exhibited
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1985-1991.
San Bernardino, University Art Gallery, California State University and elsewhere, Temple, Tomb and Dwelling: Egyptian Antiquities from the Harer Family Trust Collection, 8 January - 30 December 1992.
Tucson, University of Arizona Museum of Art, 1993.
San Bernardino, Robert and Frances Fullerton Museum, California State University, 1995-2000.
San Bernardino, University Art Gallery, California State University and elsewhere, Temple, Tomb and Dwelling: Egyptian Antiquities from the Harer Family Trust Collection, 8 January - 30 December 1992.
Tucson, University of Arizona Museum of Art, 1993.
San Bernardino, Robert and Frances Fullerton Museum, California State University, 1995-2000.
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