13 Apr 2011
10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street
Antiquities including Property from the Collection of Sir Daniel Donohue
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Antiquities including Property from the Collection of Sir Daniel Donohue
Back to auction 18817
An Egyptian bronze figure of Isis
Circa 8th-6th Century B.C.
Probably Kushite, of elongated form, standing with her left leg slightly advanced, wearing a tightly-fitting sheath dress, her tripartite wig with a stylised vulture headdress and crown of uraei, her rounded face with large eyes, full lips and a wide nose, her right arm outstretched as if raised in blessing, now missing, 10¼in (26cm) high, mounted
Circa 8th-6th Century B.C.
Probably Kushite, of elongated form, standing with her left leg slightly advanced, wearing a tightly-fitting sheath dress, her tripartite wig with a stylised vulture headdress and crown of uraei, her rounded face with large eyes, full lips and a wide nose, her right arm outstretched as if raised in blessing, now missing, 10¼in (26cm) high, mounted
Sold for
£8,400
inc. premium
Footnotes
- Provenance:
English private collection, Suffolk, acquired in the 1970s.
Literature:
The Kingdom of Kush in ancient Nubia (now Sudan), came to prominence circa 724 B.C. when the Kushite king Piye invaded Egypt, beginning the 25th Dynasty. Women held very high status in the Kushite culture and a number of Kushite queens ruled in their own right: J.L. Haynes, Nubia. Ancient Kingdoms of Africa, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1992, p. 31; and for similar facial features on other Kushite representations of women, figs. 26 & 50.
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