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LOT 0012
Egyptian Bronze Figure of Isis and Horus
LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.
2 5/8 in. (73.4 grams, 68 mm).
Isis enthroned wearing a cow's horn headdress with a solar disc fronted by uraeus, suckling the infant Horus on her lap; Horus with a side-lock of youth.
ProvenanceAcquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Cf. Fazzini, R. A., Egypt: Dynasty XXII-XXV. Iconography of Religions, Section 16, Egypt 10, Leiden, 1988, p. 12, et 33 with pl. 23, for similar statuette.
FootnotesIn ancient Egyptian mythology, Isis was the sister-wife of Osiris and the mother of the sky god Horus. She is associated with aspects of fertility and motherhood and is often depicted in various artworks seated in a nursing pose with her son Horus on her lap, as here.
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LOT 0012
Egyptian Bronze Figure of Isis and Horus
Estimate £1,000 - 1,400€1,160 - 1,620 (for guidance only)$1,350 - 1,890 (for guidance only)
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