Statuette of Isis lactans, representing the goddess Isis seated, holding her right arm to her breast, and wearing the tripartite striped wig, and probably the hathoric crown (now missing). She is depicted suckling the child Horus, sitting on her lap, of whom only the legs remain.
Bronze with a crusty patina. Missing the hathoric crown, general wear, missing the left arm of Isis, and the body of Horus.
Egypt, Late Period or Ptolemaic Period, 664-32 B.C.
H. 9 cm.
Ex Conan sale, June 29, 1976, n°119
Provenance : collection of M. B. (Lyon)
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