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Lot Description

An Egyptian Greywacke Bust of Isis-Hathor

Late Period, 26th Dynasty, 664-525 B.C.

Height 4 11/32 inches (11 cm).

This lot is located in Chicago.

Provenance:
Private Collection, Belgium.
Bigler Fine Arts (Dr. Robert Bigler), Rüschlikon and Zurich.
Private Collection (D. Vollen), Basel; acquired from the above 6 November 2007.
Art Loss Register no. S00111297.

The posterior pillar is elegantly engraved with a vertical hieroglyphic inscription, reading: “Speech of the great Isis, the mother of God, who gives life to (the) head of the domains and great on diadems/crowns […]." Dr. Bigler attributed the bust to a workshop in the ancient Egyptian city of Sais, located in the Western Nile Delta, based on the style and wording of the inscription.

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