THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
A BRONZE SEATED FIGURE OF ISIS AND HORUS, the goddess wearing a tripartite wig and uraeus surmounted by a sun disc between tall curving cow's horns, holding her right hand to her left breast, and nursing on her lap the infant, Horus, who wears a side-lock and uraeus, on wooden throne and base, Dynasty XXX, circa 380-343 B.C.
Details
A BRONZE SEATED FIGURE OF ISIS AND HORUS, the goddess wearing a tripartite wig and uraeus surmounted by a sun disc between tall curving cow's horns, holding her right hand to her left breast, and nursing on her lap the infant, Horus, who wears a side-lock and uraeus, on wooden throne and base, Dynasty XXX, circa 380-343 B.C.
7 7/8in. (20cm.) high, excluding wood mount
7 7/8in. (20cm.) high, excluding wood mount
Provenance
Discovered at Saqqara during the excavations of the Egypt Exploration Society in 1969 and presented by the Society to the present owner