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Egyptian Limestone Figure of Isis-Aphrodite Egyptian Limestone Figure of Isis-Aphrodite Egyptian Limestone Figure of Isis-Aphrodite
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LOT 0456

Egyptian Limestone Figure of Isis-Aphrodite

PTOLEMAIC-ROMAN PERIOD, 332 B.C.-200 A.D.

4 1/2 in. (109 grams total, 11.5 cm including stand).

A limestone figure modelled in the half-round, lying naked on a rectangular bed, executed with semi-naturalistic anatomical detailing, voluminous coiffed hair and painted necklace, armbands and distinctive ornamental girdle at the waist; accompanied by a custom-made display stand.

Provenance

with Secret Eye Gallery, New York City, 1977.
with Arte Primitivo, New York, USA, 8 October, 2003, lot 66.
Private collection of Professor Kenneth Graham, London, UK.

Accompanied by an original Arte Primitivo catalogue page.
Accompanied by a scholarly note by Egyptologist Paul Whelan.

Footnotes

This syncretic figure combines the Egyptian goddess Isis and the Greek goddess Aphrodite, a deity popular from the 3rd century B.C. into the Roman Period, who embodied aspects of fertility, marriage, and childbirth.

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LOT 0456

Egyptian Limestone Figure of Isis-Aphrodite

Sold for (Inc. bp): £483

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