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An Egyptian gypsum figure of Isis and Horus
7 July 2016, 10:30 BST
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An Egyptian gypsum figure of Isis and Horus
Late Period, 26th Dynasty, circa 664-332 B.C.
In typical pose seated on a throne, suckling the infant Horus on her lap, her left hand supporting his head, her right clutched to her breast, wearing a full length tunic, tripartite wig with frontal bronze uraeus and a collar of uraei above, pierced for attachment of the headdress now missing, her ears pierced, an old collection number 'SF 7370' painted in black, 23cm high
Late Period, 26th Dynasty, circa 664-332 B.C.
In typical pose seated on a throne, suckling the infant Horus on her lap, her left hand supporting his head, her right clutched to her breast, wearing a full length tunic, tripartite wig with frontal bronze uraeus and a collar of uraei above, pierced for attachment of the headdress now missing, her ears pierced, an old collection number 'SF 7370' painted in black, 23cm high
Footnotes
Provenance:
The Harer Family Trust Collection.
Bonhams, 13 October 2006, lot 25.
With Superior Gallery, Los Angeles, 8-9 June 1993, lot 707.
Studium Biblicum Franciscanum Museum, Jerusalem, accession no. SF 7370.
Father Cleosus Steinhausen Collection, Cairo, 1900-1908.
























