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2.3.
Highly-finished statue of j % Isis, nursing Horus. The throne on the
head has been broken off, as well as the left arm and the upper part
of the figure of Horus. The figure of the child has, however, been
supplied from another statue of somewhat smaller dimensions, but of
equally excellent work.
This statue is of the Ptolemaic period, at which epoch the worship of this divinity (from the
numerous temples dedicated to her during the reign of the Greek kings) was very general.
Purchased at the sale of Madam Lavoratori's collection.
24. Another example of the same group, of less ancient work.
26.
27
20,
30.
Hard porcelain.
Green glaze.
5 inches.
25. A smaller group of the same divinities.
The Horus fractured, as also the horns and disk.
Bronze. 4 inches.
Bronze. 3 inches.
Small statue of Isis nursing Horus, without a single fracture. j GreenPgiazeain'
( 2 inches.
Fragment of a similar group, in a hard fibrous material, not unlike unknown, proba-
petrified wood, or some extremely fibrous and silicious stone. On schistl'partiaiiy
each side of the throne is engraved, in Egyptian basso relievo, the 3id1dn3"heSby heat'
figures of two prisoners tied together by the elbow. Above the
heads of these figures, on both sides of the throne or chair, is the
prenomen of Pharaoh (Thothmoses II.), who lived 1350 B.C. Behind
the throne is the figure of a sporting calf. This extremely antique
fragment has been anciently restored.
The material is the most unsuitable for sculpture : nevertheless there are many scarabsei, and
other objects carved in it.
Purchased at Sotheby's, May 13, 1833.
28. A Triad representing ^£ * Nepthys, Horus, and Isis.
Hard porcelain.
Blue glaze.
See Encyclopedia Egyptiaca, by T. J. Pettigrew Esq., No. 1, page 20, on the Triads of Egypt. H inch.
See plate A, Fig. 4. The goddesses Isis and Nepthys were sisters, and Horus was the son of
Isis.
A similar Triad, less ancient style of work.
Another example of the same.
Porcelain. Light
green glaze.
1£ inch.
c Porcelain. Light
' blue glaze. 1 inch
( 5 eighths.
N».
2.3.
Highly-finished statue of j % Isis, nursing Horus. The throne on the
head has been broken off, as well as the left arm and the upper part
of the figure of Horus. The figure of the child has, however, been
supplied from another statue of somewhat smaller dimensions, but of
equally excellent work.
This statue is of the Ptolemaic period, at which epoch the worship of this divinity (from the
numerous temples dedicated to her during the reign of the Greek kings) was very general.
Purchased at the sale of Madam Lavoratori's collection.
24. Another example of the same group, of less ancient work.
26.
27
20,
30.
Hard porcelain.
Green glaze.
5 inches.
25. A smaller group of the same divinities.
The Horus fractured, as also the horns and disk.
Bronze. 4 inches.
Bronze. 3 inches.
Small statue of Isis nursing Horus, without a single fracture. j GreenPgiazeain'
( 2 inches.
Fragment of a similar group, in a hard fibrous material, not unlike unknown, proba-
petrified wood, or some extremely fibrous and silicious stone. On schistl'partiaiiy
each side of the throne is engraved, in Egyptian basso relievo, the 3id1dn3"heSby heat'
figures of two prisoners tied together by the elbow. Above the
heads of these figures, on both sides of the throne or chair, is the
prenomen of Pharaoh (Thothmoses II.), who lived 1350 B.C. Behind
the throne is the figure of a sporting calf. This extremely antique
fragment has been anciently restored.
The material is the most unsuitable for sculpture : nevertheless there are many scarabsei, and
other objects carved in it.
Purchased at Sotheby's, May 13, 1833.
28. A Triad representing ^£ * Nepthys, Horus, and Isis.
Hard porcelain.
Blue glaze.
See Encyclopedia Egyptiaca, by T. J. Pettigrew Esq., No. 1, page 20, on the Triads of Egypt. H inch.
See plate A, Fig. 4. The goddesses Isis and Nepthys were sisters, and Horus was the son of
Isis.
A similar Triad, less ancient style of work.
Another example of the same.
Porcelain. Light
green glaze.
1£ inch.
c Porcelain. Light
' blue glaze. 1 inch
( 5 eighths.