BC/AD Sculpture Ancient to Modern
BC/AD Sculpture Ancient to Modern
AN EGYPTIAN TURQUOISE FAIENCE FIGURE OF ISIS WITH HORUS, PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 304-30 B.C.
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July 9, 02:05 PM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
AN EGYPTIAN TURQUOISE FAIENCE FIGURE OF ISIS WITH HORUS, PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 304-30 B.C.
the goddess seated on a throne and holding her child Horus in her lap, wearing an echeloned tripartite wig and vulture headdress surmounted by her name sign the stepped throne, the sides of the throne decorated with a scale pattern.
Height 9.5 cm.
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A label on the underside reading: Bought from Ky(?), Cairo, March 9, 1904 (Ky being Panayotis Kyticas, d. 1924).
Halls Fine Art Auctioneers, United Kingdom, Fine Furniture, European Ceramics & Works of Art (4115, online), July 15th, 2015, no. 123, illus.