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LOT 0534
Egyptian Bronze Seated Isis with Horus Statue
LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.
6 7/8 in. (405 grams total, 17.5 cm including stand).
Modelled enthroned, wearing a cow's horn headdress with a solar disc; suckling the infant Horus seated transversely on her lap; Horus modelled with a side-lock of youth; mounted on a custom-made wooden stand.
ProvenanceProperty of a deceased gentleman's collection, 1980s.
Ex John Nicholson Auction, Haslemere, Surrey, UK.
Cf. Roeder, G., Ägyptische Bronzefiguren II, Berlin, 1956, pl. 18p, for a similar example with prominent side-lock.
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Four-stranded designer necklace composed of polychrome beads of mainly disc and cylindrical types. 27 grams, 81 cm long
Acquired before 1979. From the private collection of Mr F.A., South Kensington, London, UK; thence by descent 2014.
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Egyptian Pale Green Glazed Faience Shabti Fragment with Hieroglyphs
Late Period, 664-332 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £364
Head and torso of a mummiform figure, wearing a tripartite wig and divine beard, with arms crossed and hands holding agricultural implements and a cord for a seed bag over the left shoulder, three horizontal bands of hieroglyphic inscriptions to the lower body; mounted on a wooden display stand. 86 grams, 12.5 cm including stand
From a Scottish gentleman’s collection, Glasgow, formed from the early 2000s.
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Egyptian Gold Plaque with Winged Goddess
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,820
Foil figure of a kneeling goddess with outstretched wings; wearing a tripartite wig with a headband, a multi-strand collar, and a tight robe with diamond detailing; mounted in a display frame. 1.57 grams, 62 mm
UK private collection before 2000. Acquired on the UK art market. Private collection, London, UK.
Several winged goddesses appear in Egyptian iconography. Without a headdress, the deity's identity here remains uncertain, but Isis, Nephthys, or Nut are likely candidates. All three are often shown in avian form as protectresses of the dead.
