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THE PROPERTY FROM A GENTLEMAN'S COLLECTION
AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE FIGURE OF ISIS
LATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXVI-XXX, 664-343 B.C.
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AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE FIGURE OF ISIS
Late Period, Dynasty XXVI-XXX, 664-343 B.C.
The seated goddess wearing a tightly-fitted sheath, her feet placed together on a square integral plinth, wearing a tripartite wig, the vulture headdress fronted by a uraeus, surmounted by a cobra modius to which is attached a solar disk framed by cow's horns, her nude infant divine son Horus on her lap wearing a side lock of youth and a uraeus on his forehead
6 13/16 (17.3 cm) high
Late Period, Dynasty XXVI-XXX, 664-343 B.C.
The seated goddess wearing a tightly-fitted sheath, her feet placed together on a square integral plinth, wearing a tripartite wig, the vulture headdress fronted by a uraeus, surmounted by a cobra modius to which is attached a solar disk framed by cow's horns, her nude infant divine son Horus on her lap wearing a side lock of youth and a uraeus on his forehead
6 13/16 (17.3 cm) high
Provenance
Mitsukoshi Department Store, Japan, 1978