A TURQUOISE FAIENCE FIGURE OF ISIS NURSING HORUS, LATE PERIOD-PTOLEMAIC PERIOD

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A TURQUOISE FAIENCE FIGURE OF ISIS NURSING HORUS, LATE PERIOD-PTOLEMAIC PERIOD This lot is from a single owner collection and is therefore offered without reserve The Jorgen Ruben Gallery Ledger, entry from 2005: “No. 59, JS, E. amulet of green blue faience of Isis and Horus” Gallery price: EUR 1,600 or approx. EUR 2,700 adjusted for inflation at the time of writing. Egypt, c. 664-30 BC. The goddess seated on a throne decorated to the sides with a feather pattern, her feet resting on a low integral plinth, clad in a tightly-fitted sheath and a broad collar, her striated tripartite wig framing her serene face, fronted by a uraeus, crowned by the throne hieroglyph, offering her left breast to her divine son Horus seated on her lap, her left hand supporting his head, Horus with a sagging paunchy stomach and wearing a cap-crown. The elongated throne support pierced for suspension. Important Note: For essential information on the Jorgen Ruben Gallery Ledger and provenance documentation please visit here: www.zacke.at/rubencollection_ledger Dimensions: Height 6.6 cm Isis’ name is first attested in the Fifth Dynasty in the Pyramid texts. She was the wife of Osiris and the mother of Horus, and thus was symbolically mother to the pharaoh. In the Late Period, the popularity of this important goddess dramatically increased. She is nearly always depicted in anthropomorphic form wearing the horned crown that by the Late Period she had adopted from the goddess Hathor. This statuette shows the goddess in her most beloved pose, nursing her son Horus (known also as the lactans pose). Other goddesses sometimes nurse Horus or other child gods, but Isis is preeminent among them in this role. Literature comparison: Compare a closely related faience amulet of Iris with Horus, 5.2 cm high, dated to the Late Period, in the Louvre, object number 519. Compare a related smaller faience amulet of Iris with Horus, 3 cm high, dated Late Period-Ptolemaic Period, in the Musée Pincé, Angers, inventory number MTC 676. Compare a related larger faience amulet of Isis nursing Horus, 10 cm high, dated Late Period-Ptolemaic Period, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, object number 2021.41.133. Auction result comparison: Type: Closely related Auction: Sotheby’s London, 9 July 2020, lot 66 Price: GBP 4,750 or approx. EUR 7,200 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing Expert remark: Compare the closely related subject and modeling. Note the larger size (9.5 cm).

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