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

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TWO EGYPTIAN TERRACOTTA FIGURES
LATE PERIOD-PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 664-30 B.C.
Including one of Isis-Bubastis wearing high crescentic diadem, standing with arms held to her sides, holding up the front of her short tunic, revealing her pubic triangle, traces of red pigment on lips; and one of Baubo wearing a large wreath, her hair falling in ringlets at the back and onto her shoulders, legs bent and spread either side, her right hand covering her genitals, attachment loop behind; together with an Egyptian turquoise faience quadruple wedjat-eye amulet, an Egyptian turquoise faience wedjat eye with black detail, an Egyptian diorite wedjat-eye, two Egyptian eye-beads, and ten Egyptian glass rods; and a Greek black-glazed miniature bowl with ring foot, circa 4th Century B.C. (not illustrated)
Isis-Bubastis: 6 in. (15.3 cm.) high; Baubo: 3 ½ in. (8.9 cm.) high; Egyptian pieces: 2 ¼ in. (5.7 cm.) long max; Greek black-glazed bowl: 1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm.) high

Provenance

Alton Edward Mills (1882-1970), Switzerland; and thence by descent to the present owner.

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Lot Essay

Isis-Bubastis, also known as Isis-Aphrodite anasyr(o)mene (revealing the womb), emerged in the Ptolemaic Period as a fusion of Aphrodite with Isis, Hathor and Bubastis. Many examples were found in the workshops excavated at Naukratis.
Baubo is often associated with the mourning Demeter, who encountered Baubo as she scoured the earth for her missing daughter, Persephone. Baubo's risque antics managed to raise Demeter from her grief, and ultimately inspired her renewed vigour in persuading Zeus to command the release of her daughter.

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