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Lot 284

An Egyptian bronze seated Isis

3 July 2019, 10:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £3,812.50 inc. premium

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An Egyptian bronze seated Isis
Late Period, circa 664-332 B.C.
With right hand held beneath the left breast, wearing the vulture headdress and long close-fitting dress, her feet resting on an integral plinth inscribed with hieroglyphic text, reading: 'May Isis give life to Wsir-henen, son of Padiamen, born of the Lady of the House Ta..', the rest indecipherable, the sun-disc headdress, lower left arm and infant Horus later additions, 19cm high

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Provenance:
Frederic Neuburg (1876-1966) collection, Germany.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 21 April 1999, lot 78.
Gottfried and Helga Hertel collection, Cologne, acquired at the above sale.

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