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THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE ISIS AND HORUS
LATE PERIOD TO PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 664-30 B.C.
Details
AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE ISIS AND HORUS
LATE PERIOD TO PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 664-30 B.C.
Solid cast, the goddess depicted seated, her feet resting on a high integral plinth, clad in a tightly-fitted sheath, her striated tripartite wig and vulture headdress fronted by a uraeus, crowned with a cobra-modius supporting cow horns framing a solar disk, offering her left breast to her divine son Horus seated on her lap, his head cradled by her left hand, wearing a cap-crown fronted by a uraeus and the side lock of youth; together with a bronze aegis of Isis, Dynasty XXV-XXVI, 712-525 B.C., the goddess wearing a tripartite wig fronted by a uraeus and crowned with a cobra-modius, the eyes and pupils inlaid
6½ in. (16.5 cm.) high (2)
LATE PERIOD TO PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 664-30 B.C.
Solid cast, the goddess depicted seated, her feet resting on a high integral plinth, clad in a tightly-fitted sheath, her striated tripartite wig and vulture headdress fronted by a uraeus, crowned with a cobra-modius supporting cow horns framing a solar disk, offering her left breast to her divine son Horus seated on her lap, his head cradled by her left hand, wearing a cap-crown fronted by a uraeus and the side lock of youth; together with a bronze aegis of Isis, Dynasty XXV-XXVI, 712-525 B.C., the goddess wearing a tripartite wig fronted by a uraeus and crowned with a cobra-modius, the eyes and pupils inlaid
6½ in. (16.5 cm.) high (2)
Provenance
Acquired prior to 1980.