THE BEAUTY WITHIN: The Chenel Collection
THE BEAUTY WITHIN: The Chenel Collection
A Fragmentary Egyptian Granite Head of Isis, Late Period, 716-30 B.C.
Lot Closed
December 17, 03:48 PM GMT
Estimate
1,500 - 2,500 GBP
Lot Details
Description
A Fragmentary Egyptian Granite Head of Isis
Late Period, 716-30 B.C.
with eyebrows in relief, her striated wig with fragmentary uraeus above the forehead and surmounted by a diadem of uraei.
Height 7 cm.
the numismatist and coin dealer Bernard Poindessault (1935-2014), Paris, acquired prior to 1975 (Drouot, Paris, Oger-Blanchet, Collection Bernard Poindessault, December 11th, 2014, no. 11, illus.)
acquired at the above sale
acquired at the above sale
Connaissance des Arts, no. 302, April 1977, p. 21, illus.