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AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE ISIS AND HORUS
PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 304-30 B.C.
Details
AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE ISIS AND HORUS
PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 304-30 B.C.
The goddess seated with her feet parallel on a low integral plinth, clad in a tightly-fitted ankle-length sheath, her striated tripartite wig with horizontal bands at intervals, fronted by a vulture, crowned with a modius of uraei supporting cow horns framing a solar disk, offering her left breast to her divine son Horus seated on her lap, her left hand supporting the back of his neck, Horus wearing a cap-crown fronted by a uraeus and the side lock of youth
7 in. (17.8 cm.) high
PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 304-30 B.C.
The goddess seated with her feet parallel on a low integral plinth, clad in a tightly-fitted ankle-length sheath, her striated tripartite wig with horizontal bands at intervals, fronted by a vulture, crowned with a modius of uraei supporting cow horns framing a solar disk, offering her left breast to her divine son Horus seated on her lap, her left hand supporting the back of his neck, Horus wearing a cap-crown fronted by a uraeus and the side lock of youth
7 in. (17.8 cm.) high
Provenance
J. Matossian, acquired in Egypt and brought to Paris.
with Le Véel, Paris, 1971.
with Le Véel, Paris, 1971.
Brought to you by
Molly Morse Limmer
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