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Egyptian Seated Isis with Horus Statuette
Egyptian Seated Isis with Horus Statuette
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Late Period-Ptolemaic Period, 500-31 B.C. A bronze statuette modelled in the round as the goddess Isis seated, wearing the horned sun-disk crown atop a headdress fronted by a uraeus, her right hand massaging her left breast as she nurses the infant Horus seated on her lap, who wears the sidelock of youth; mounted on a custom-made display stand. See Walker, S. & Higgs, P. (eds), Cleopatra of Egypt, London, 2001, p.105, no.127, for a similar example; cf. The Metropolitan Museum, accession numbers 15.6.1, 45.4.3a, b and 04.2.584, for similar. 129 grams total, 11.5 cm including stand (4 1/2 in.). Ex private collection, Yvelines Department, France. French art market, 2011. Accompanied by a copy of a French cultural passport no.125113. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate no.11292-189890. The maternal theme of this group highlights Isis’ role as a life-giver and protector of the young. For this specific lot, 5% import VAT is applicable on the hammer price [A video of this lot is available to view on Timeline Auctions Website.]
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Egyptian Seated Isis with Horus Statuette

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