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A large Egyptian bronze figure of Isis image 1
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A large Egyptian bronze figure of Isis

1 December 2020, 11:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

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A large Egyptian bronze figure of Isis
Late Period, circa 664-332 B.C.
The seated goddess wearing a close-fitting sheath dress with incised armlets and striated tripartite wig, her proper left arm extended to support the now missing infant Horus, her face with plump youthful features, her almond-shaped eyes with cosmetic lines, the wig surmounted by a ring of uraei and horned solar disc, with traces of gilding at the ankles and on the top of the solar disc, 26.5cm high excl. tang

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Provenance:
with Mitsukoshi Department Store, Tokyo, 1976 (31st August - 5th September showcase, no. 6).

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