{"product_id":"egyptian-faience-isis-horus-fragment","title":"Egyptian Faience Isis Horus Fragment","description":"\u003cp\u003e Late Period, 26th to 30th Dynasty, circa 664 to 332 B.C.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePreserving the lower torso from chest to feet and part of the throne. The goddess is shown seated on a block throne with her legs extended forward, ankles together, and feet resting flat on an integral rectangular base; the remains of her right forearm and the child’s legs on her lap indicate the classic Isis nursing the infant Horus nursing group characteristic of Late Period faience statuettes. The vertical sides of the throne are decorated in low relief with overlapping scale like feathers, with a recessed panel at the front corner enclosing a simplified form of the “throne” hieroglyph, alluding to Isis’s name and role as the divine seat of kingship.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe faience green glazed, now lightly iridescent and mottled with areas of warm buff where the glaze has thinned or worn, with scattered burial encrustation and minor pitting consistent with ancient manufacture and long interment. The back is plain and flat with firing variations and accretions; there are ancient and later losses to the head, upper chest, forearms, and most of the figure of Horus, as well as a few edge chips to the base and seat that do not disturb the strong, cubic silhouette. This intimate devotional fragment once formed part of a small household cult image or amuletic statuette emphasizing Isis’s protective, maternal aspect, a type widely venerated in Egypt during the 26th–30th Dynasties.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Height 2 inches (5.1 cm), length 2 inches (5.1 cm).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProperty from a New York City collection; possibly acquired at Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, Ancient Art sale of Dec 11th 1976, sale 3934, lot 201, a copy of the original invoice stated to accompany the piece.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Art for Eternity","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53257427124538,"sku":"17412","price":1600.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0775\/5120\/6714\/files\/17412bl.jpg?v=1775145366","url":"https:\/\/howardnowes.com\/products\/egyptian-faience-isis-horus-fragment","provider":"Art for Eternity","version":"1.0","type":"link"}