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PROPERTY FROM THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART SOLD TO BENEFIT THE ACQUISITIONS FUND
AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE ISIS AND HORUS
LATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXVI-XXX, 664-343 B.C.
Details
AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE ISIS AND HORUS
LATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXVI-XXX, 664-343 B.C.
Solid cast, the goddess depicted seated, her feet resting on a low integral plinth with a tenon below, clad in a tightly-fitted sheath, her striated tripartite wig fronted by a uraeus and crowned with a 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
4¾ in. (12.1 cm.) high excluding tenon
LATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXVI-XXX, 664-343 B.C.
Solid cast, the goddess depicted seated, her feet resting on a low integral plinth with a tenon below, clad in a tightly-fitted sheath, her striated tripartite wig fronted by a uraeus and crowned with a 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
4¾ in. (12.1 cm.) high excluding tenon
Provenance
Gift of Mrs. William Leon Graves, 1945.
Sale room notice
*Please note that this lot is being sold by an organization which holds a State of New York Exempt Organization Certificate.