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THBEgyptian Ptolemaic Stone Fragment with Isis
Lot 9
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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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- Lot Description
Egypt, Ptolemaic period, ca. 332 to 30 BCE. A wonderful carved stone depiction of Isis standing at the front of a larger statue of the goddess. Isis is shown with legs contrapposto, hands to her sides, possibly nude or with a sheer skirt. Her facial features are delicately incised and her long tresses cascade past her shoulders, topped with an Isis crown comprised of a solar disk framed by cow horns, her chief attribute. The plinth on the reverse is left reserved, possibly awaiting an inscription to be added later in time. Size: 4" W x 9" H (10.2 cm x 22.9 cm); 11.25" H (28.6 cm) on included custom stand.
Isis is oftentimes depicted in a sheath dress, but in this example it seems possible that the artist elected to depict her in the nude, revealing the ideal of Egyptian womanhood with all her feminine grace. Isis was daughter to Geb, god of the Earth, and Nut, goddess of the Sky, and wife of Osiris. Oftentimes shown as the mother of Horus, she is also known as a protector of children. In addition to being revered as the ideal mother and wife, Isis was revered as the patroness of magic and nature, a supporter of sinners, slaves, and artisans as well as a friend to rulers and the wealthy.
Provenance: private New York, USA collection; ex extensive collection acquired in Egypt in the late 1800s brought back to UK and stayed in Didlington Hall in Norfolk, England. Due to Lord Amherst financial problems, estate had to be sold in 1906.
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#162418Loss above waist of larger figure and fragmentary as shown, chip to nose, but a lovely stone and wonderful example of later Egyptian art.Condition
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