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IMPORTANT EGYPTIAN BRONZE ISIS PTEROPHORUS As protector of Osiris, standing, with wings extended, wearing horned solar disk headress; wings with extensive incised details. Isis, the wife of Osiris, was the protectress and model of conjugal love. In this scarce type she appears winged, as the protector of her husband. This is based on early Egyptian texts in which she and her sister Nephthys in the form of long-winged kites mourn for Osiris and then protect the reassembled deity by shading him with their wings, wafting air towards him to renew his life. Cf. an equally large (30.7 cm.) figure in the Louvre inlaid in gold and silver, and a smaller example, 15.6 cm, in J. Eisenberg, Art of the Ancient World, vol. IX, 1997, no. 198. Fine style. Ex old French collection, ca. 1900. XXVIth Dynasty, 664-525 BC H. 11 7/8 in. (30 cm.) Art of the Ancient World, 2010, no. 213 COPZ02 SOLD FULL-SCREEN FLASH SLIDESHOW |
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