Lot 693
Handsome Statuette in Bronze of Isis and Horus. Egypt, Late Period, c. 712-330 BC. One of the classic, iconic images of the period. Finely modeled and detailed, the slim statuette shows Isis seated with the infant Horus on her lap, her hand to her breast. The goddess in tight-fitting dress down to the ankles, and wearing a striated tripart wig and uraeus headdress with horns and disc. Her eyes once inlaid, perhaps in silver. Minor loss to horn at crown, otherwise intact, with good metal and surfaces. Dark brown and green patina, with traces of gilding on the statue. Height: 7-5/8" (less telon at foot), on custom wooden throne, fashioned from ancient Egyptian coffin wood(!). Quality Egyptian art!
Estimated Value $6,500 - 8,500.
Ex Superior Fine Antiquities, March 12, 1994, lot 263.
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