An "Egyptian Blue" Figure of the Goddess Maat, 20th/21st Dynasty, 1075-944 B.C.

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Description

An "Egyptian Blue" Figure of the Goddess Maat
Height 3 3/16 in. 8.2 cm

the goddess seated on a fragmentary base and wearing an enveloping cloak and tripartite wig, her diadem formerly inlaid, the inserted feather headdress missing, her face with youthful idealized features and large wide-set eyes.

Catalogue Note

For a related example, with bronze feather headdress, from the Ernest Brummer collection see Sotheby & Co., London, November 16th-17th, 1964, no. 32.