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LATE PERIOD TO PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 664-30 B.C.
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AN EGYPTIAN FAIENCE FIGURE OF A LION-HEADED GODDESS
Late Period to Ptolemaic Period, 664-30 B.C.
In apple green faience, standing on an integral rectangular plinth against a back pillar, striding forward with the left leg advanced, wearing a tightly-fitted sheath and tripartite striated wig surmounted by a uraeus-fronted solar disk, her arms held alongside her body
4¾ in. (12 cm) high
Late Period to Ptolemaic Period, 664-30 B.C.
In apple green faience, standing on an integral rectangular plinth against a back pillar, striding forward with the left leg advanced, wearing a tightly-fitted sheath and tripartite striated wig surmounted by a uraeus-fronted solar disk, her arms held alongside her body
4¾ in. (12 cm) high
Provenance
Antiquities, Parke-Bernet Galleries New York, 25 February 1971, lot 105
Special notice
This lot has no reserve.