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LOT 0046

Very Large Egyptian Figure of Isis Seated on a Throne

26TH DYNASTY, 664-525 B.C.

5 1/4 in. (98 grams, 13 cm high).

Depicting the goddess Isis seated on a throne, suckling her infant son Horus, of whom part of the lower torso and delicately modelled hands remain; wearing a throne-shaped crown on her head (the hieroglyphic sign for her name), a tripartite wig fronted by a now absent uraeus, a broad collar and a tight-fitting ankle-length skirt; a panel with lotus flowers to the back of the decorated throne.

Provenance

French collection, 1990s-early 2000s.
Ex Brussels Art Fair, 1990s.
From an important Paris gallery, France.
Ex private Parisian collection.

This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no. 114471-194036.

Literature

Cf. The British Museum, museum number EA63797, for a comparable figure; cf. The Metropolitan Museum, accession number 44.4.21 and 55.121.5, for similar.

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LOT 0046

Very Large Egyptian Figure of Isis Seated on a Throne

Estimate £3,500 - 4,500€4,060 - 5,220 (for guidance only)$4,730 - 6,080 (for guidance only)

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