A statuette of goddess Isis with Horus the Child,
Ancient Egypt, Late Period 646-332 BCE, figural group of Isis enthroned as a mother with her son Horus on her lap, to whom she is offering her breast, solid-cast bronze, height 15.5 cm, with base 18 cm, green patina, feet and points of the horned crown broken off, (MC)
This depiction of Isis and Horus was very popular, above all in the Late Period, and may be seen as a precursor to representations of Maria lactans.
Provenance:
Dorotheum, 481st art auction, March 1943, 3rd day of auction, cat. no. 547; from 1943 in Viennese private ownership.
Specialist: Christine Masser
Christine Masser
+43-1-515 60-331
christine.masser@dorotheum.at
02.05.2019 - 14:00
- Realized price: **
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EUR 2,816.-
- Estimate:
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EUR 2,000.- to EUR 4,000.-
A statuette of goddess Isis with Horus the Child,
Ancient Egypt, Late Period 646-332 BCE, figural group of Isis enthroned as a mother with her son Horus on her lap, to whom she is offering her breast, solid-cast bronze, height 15.5 cm, with base 18 cm, green patina, feet and points of the horned crown broken off, (MC)
This depiction of Isis and Horus was very popular, above all in the Late Period, and may be seen as a precursor to representations of Maria lactans.
Provenance:
Dorotheum, 481st art auction, March 1943, 3rd day of auction, cat. no. 547; from 1943 in Viennese private ownership.
Specialist: Christine Masser
Christine Masser
+43-1-515 60-331
christine.masser@dorotheum.at
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| Auction: | Furniture and works of art |
| Auction type: | Saleroom auction |
| Date: | 02.05.2019 - 14:00 |
| Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
| Exhibition: | 20.04. - 02.05.2019 |
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