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THBEgyptian Steatite Seated Isis & Horus, Museum-Exhibited
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LiveNov 16, 2023
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Ancient Egypt, Late Dynastic Period, 26th to 31st Dynasty, ca. 664 to 332 BCE. A gorgeous figure carved from light gray steatite, depicting the goddess Isis seated upon a throne while nursing her infant son Horus. Isis presents wearing an ankle-length skirt while holding her left breast with her right hand and the back of her son's head in her left hand. The goddess wears an elaborate tripartite wig bearing a winged scarab across the brow, a crown of uraeus cobras standing in a circle, and a solar disk flanked by a pair of rising bull horns. Horus' head is adorned with his signature sidelock of youth as well as a royal uraeus cobra stretched across the center of his head. Isis's feet rest on a petite plinth from which a short tang extends for attachment. As a cult figure from this time period, Isis is often shown as a mother goddess as we see here. A touching portrayal, probably intended for a niche in a temple or a grave. Size: 2.49" L x 1.58" W x 5.15" H (6.3 cm x 4 cm x 13.1 cm)
Exhibited in the Robert and Frances Fullerton Museum of Art (RAFFMA), California State University, San Bernardino from 1998 to 2023, reference number EL01.018.1998.
a bronze example at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession numbers 45.2.10 and 45.4.4
Provenance: Collection of Dr. W. Benson Harer, Los Angeles, California, USA; Exhibited in the Robert and Frances Fullerton Museum of Art (RAFFMA), California State University, San Bernardino from 1998 to 2023, reference number EL01.018.1998
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#182070Condition
Small chips to figures, horns, peripheries, and base, with softening to some finer details, and light abrasions across most surfaces commensurate of age, otherwise intact and excellent. Great preservation to overall form and most finer details. Old inventory number 96.46 handwritten in red beneath base.
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