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Description : AN EGYPTIAN STEATITE HORUS LATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXX, 380-343 B.C. The child god seated on an elaborate throne flanked by striding lions, the back carved in the form of a pylon gate, topped with a uraeus frieze, on an integral plinth, depicted nude, his left hand on his thigh, his right held up to his face with his index finger raised to his lips, wearing a broad collar, his characteristic plaited side lock of youth, and the Double Crown fronted by a looped uraeus, a diminutive figure of his mother Isis behind him, pressed against his back, her arms angled forward with the palms open, wearing a tripartite headcloth surmounted by a modius of uraei supporting cow horns framing plumes and a solar disk 6 5/8 in. (15.6 cm.) high
Price: 5 000.00 USD It's free to register now to view!
Estimate (low-high) : 4000 USD-6000 USD It's free to register now to view!

About the lot N° 51
Title : AN EGYPTIAN STEATITE HORUS
Provenance : with C. Dikran Kelekian, New York, 1981.
Literature : G.D. Scott, III, Temple, Tomb and Dwelling: Egyptian Antiquities from the Harer Family Trust Collection, San Bernardino, 1992, no. 92, pp. 146-147.
Notes : THE PROPERTY OF A WEST COAST PRIVATE COLLECTOR
Christie's, auctioneer, New York, NY It's free to register now to view!
Sale title : Antiquities
Sale date : 07 Dec 2011 It's free to register now to view!
Sale Reference : Live Sale

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