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AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE BUST OF ISIS OR A PTOLEMAIC QUEEN
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AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE BUST OF ISIS OR A PTOLEMAIC QUEEN

1ST CENTURY B.C.

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AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE BUST OF ISIS OR A PTOLEMAIC QUEEN
1ST CENTURY B.C.
Her echeloned tripartite wig held in place by a vulture headdress surmounted by a crown of uraei, her eyes recessed for inlay, she wears a v-necked garment with fringed shawl over her right shoulder tied with a 'knot of Isis' between her breasts, vulture head missing, mounted
5 5/8 in. (14.3 cm.) high
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Lot Essay

Cf. Égypte Romaine, l'autre Égypte, Musée d'Archéologie méditerranéene, Marseille, 1997, pp. 208-209, nos 212 and 216; and S. Walker and P. Higgs (eds), Cleopatra of Egypt: from History to Myth, The British Museum, London, 2001, p. 169, no. 168 and pp. 216-217, no. 194 for similar.

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