An Egyptian Polychrome and Gilt Wood Figure of Isis, Late Period, probably 26th Dynasty, 664-525 B.C.

the goddess shown in an attitude of mourning, kneeling and seated back on her heels, her open right hand raised towards her mouth, and wearing a long strapless sheath dress, broad collar, and tripartite wig surmounted by a throne (her name sign), her gilded face with long eyebrows and cosmetic lines painted in black.

French private collection, Mr. G. D., Nancy, prior to 1983, sold at auction in France

UV light suggests a fair amount of re-painting, some of which may cover re-attachments of the arms and step-crown. Note large chip on corner of base. Areas of blue pigment missing on the wig, and gilding on the face.
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Cf. Sue D’Auria, Peter Lacovara, and Catharine H. Roehrig,  Mummies & Magic, the Funerary Arts of Ancient Egypt, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1988, no. 128, an example in the museum formerly in the Hay Collection. The author writes that ”Throughout Egyptian history Isis and Nephthys [her sister] have maintained the role of mourners” and that such figures “have been found in tombs from the Old Kingdom through the Saite Period.”