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THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE ISIS AND HORUS
LATE PERIOD, 26TH-30TH DYNASTY, 664-343 B.C.
Details
AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE ISIS AND HORUS
LATE PERIOD, 26TH-30TH DYNASTY, 664-343 B.C.
The goddess seated with her feet on an integral plinth, clad in a tightly-fitted sheath and a broad-collar, her striated tripartite wig and vulture headdress crowned with a modius of uraei supporting cow horns framing a solar disc, offering her left breast to her divine son Horus seated on her lap, her left hand supporting his head, Horus wearing a cap-crown fronted by a uraeus and a broad collar, his side lock of youth with incised details
6¼ in. (16 cm.) high
LATE PERIOD, 26TH-30TH DYNASTY, 664-343 B.C.
The goddess seated with her feet on an integral plinth, clad in a tightly-fitted sheath and a broad-collar, her striated tripartite wig and vulture headdress crowned with a modius of uraei supporting cow horns framing a solar disc, offering her left breast to her divine son Horus seated on her lap, her left hand supporting his head, Horus wearing a cap-crown fronted by a uraeus and a broad collar, his side lock of youth with incised details
6¼ in. (16 cm.) high
Provenance
Private collection, France, acquired 1970s.
Brought to you by
Francesca Hickin
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