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Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
LATE-PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 664-30 B.C.
4 1/8 in. (39 grams, 10.7 cm).
Isis enthroned wearing a cow's horn headdress with a solar disc, suckling the infant Horus on her lap. [No Reserve]
PROVENANCE:
From the property of a lady since the early to mid 20th century.
From the private collection of Mr M.L. since circa 2005.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
LITERATURE:
Cf. Tinius, I., Altägypten in Braunschweig. Die Sammlungen des Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museums und des Städtischen Museums, Wiesbaden, 2011, p. 115, no. 182, for a similar Isis figurine from Aswan, also with a notably long-horned headdress.
FOOTNOTES:
In 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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