Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art
Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art
Property from a New York Private Collection
AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE FIGURE OF ISIS WITH HORUS, 26TH DYNASTY, 664-525 B.C.
Auction Closed
July 2, 04:42 PM GMT
Estimate
50,000 - 80,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from a New York Private Collection
AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE FIGURE OF ISIS WITH HORUS, 26TH DYNASTY, 664-525 B.C.
the goddess seated with her feet resting on a trapezoidal footstool, her son Horus in her lap, and wearing a long close-fitting dress, engraved broad collar, finely echeloned tripartite wig, the vulture headdress, and crown surmounted by cow horns and sun-disk, her face with large eyes and long finely incised eyebrows.
Height without tenon 31.1 cm.
Japanese private collection, 1970s or earlier (based on no longer extant custom-made wood box, hand-written label, and letterhead paper formerly used as padding)
Japanese private collection, acquired on the Tokyo art market in 1989 (Sotheby’s New York, June 3rd, 2015, no. 18, illus.)