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THBEgyptian Faience Amulet of Isis & Horus - Rare Form!
Lot 3a
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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2018-08-02 10:00:00
2018-08-02 10:00:00
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Featuring two incredible collections - one in storage for more than 20 years! Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
Featuring two incredible collections - one in storage for more than 20 years! Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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Egypt, Late Dynastic to Ptolemaic Period, ca. 664 to 30 BCE. An elegant pendant, mold-formed from blue-green faience, depicting a powerful symbol of rebirth in the Goddess Isis nursing her son, Horus, at her breast. The wife of Osiris rests upon a small throne and wears an ankle-length skirt, with one hand to her exposed breast and the other supporting her son's head and dons her traditional black-painted vulture headdress of the Goddess Mut. What's unusual about this pendant is the presentation of Isis wearing the Pschent (or double) crown rather than her typical hieroglyphic-style throne headdress. The Pschent crown is typically worn by the adolescent Horus, symbolizing his unification of and rule over Upper and Lower Egypt, so a depiction of his Mother wearing this crown is quite intriguing and exceedingly rare! Custom wooden display stand included. Size: 1.2" L x 0.625" W x 2.375" H (3 cm x 1.6 cm x 6 cm); 3.375" H (8.6 cm) on included custom stand.
For a stylistically-similar example depicting Isis wearing a typical sun disc crown, please see The Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number 74.51.4476: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/243744
Provenance: private Jones collection, Boulder, Colorado, USA
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#136956Surface wear and minor abrasions commensurate with age, fading to faience coloration and some finer details, with very minor nicks to base, throne, body, and crown, and light roughness across most surfaces, otherwise intact and very good. Light earthen deposits throughout.Condition
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