LATE PERIOD, CIRCA 664-332 B.C.

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AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE WINGED ISIS
LATE PERIOD, CIRCA 664-332 B.C.
6 1⁄8 in. (15.5 cm.) high

來源

with J. Khawam & Cie, Cairo.
Swiss private collection, acquired from the above in April 1963, and thence by descent.

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This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.

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The goddess stands with her arms endowed with bird's wings, which she raises to protect another figure that would have been seated or stood directly in front of her. For a similar figure of Isis protecting her husband Osiris, cf. M. Jorgensen, Catalogue Egypt IV Egyptian Bronzes, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, 2009, p. 172, no. 58, and for an elaborate tableaux, put together in the early 20th Century but consisting of ancient figures, see pp. 200-201, no. 67.

LATE PERIOD, CIRCA 664-332 B.C.

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