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LATE PERIOD, CIRCA 664-332 B.C.
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AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE ISIS AND HORUS
LATE PERIOD, CIRCA 664-332 B.C.
The goddess seated with the child Horus on her lap, wearing a striated tripartite wig with vulture headdress, crowned with a diadem of uraei, and a close-fitting long dress, and adorned with armlets, anklets and broad collar, offering her left breast to Horus, her left hand supporting his head, Horus wearing a double-crown and plaited sidelock of youth, details finely incised, traces of gilding
6 in. (15.2 cm.) high
LATE PERIOD, CIRCA 664-332 B.C.
The goddess seated with the child Horus on her lap, wearing a striated tripartite wig with vulture headdress, crowned with a diadem of uraei, and a close-fitting long dress, and adorned with armlets, anklets and broad collar, offering her left breast to Horus, her left hand supporting his head, Horus wearing a double-crown and plaited sidelock of youth, details finely incised, traces of gilding
6 in. (15.2 cm.) high
Provenance
Tapeley Park, Devon, UK, acquired early 20th Century; and thence by descent.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 25 April 2007, lot 99.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 25 April 2007, lot 99.
Sale room notice
Please note, the date of this lot should read 'THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD, 22ND DYNASTY, CIRCA 945-735 B.C.'
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