ANCIENT EGYPTIAN ALABASTER FIGURE OF SEATED ISIS WITH HORUS
EGYPT, SECOND HALF OF 25TH DYNASTY - 26TH DYNASTY, C. 712 - 525 B.C.
African & Oceanic Art, Natural History and Ancient Art
Auction: 30 July 2025 from 14:00 BST
Description
carved alabaster, Isis is shown seated on a tall, rectangular throne, nursing the infant Horus, she wears a tripartite wig, with perforations at the forehead and crown indicating the former attachment of a bronze headdress in the form of a solar disc flanked by cow horns, originally secured by a pin or dowel
Dimensions
11cm tall
Provenance
Private collection, Scotland, acquired by the present owner in the 1960s
Previously in the possession of Ms. D.S., who acquired the piece in Egypt during travels in the early 20th century
Footnote
The present piece can be most closely associated with a similar figure of Isis nursing Horus currently housed at the Brooklyn Museum (accession number 37.400Ea-c), which itself was reputedly found in Saqqara and has been dated to the second half of the 25th Dynasty to 26th Dynasty (712 - 525 B.C.).