A Greek parcel gilt silver emblema in the form of a bust of Isis
A Greek parcel gilt silver emblema in the form of a bust of Isis
Hellenistic Period, circa 2nd-1st Century B.C.
Hammered from a single sheet and worked in high relief repoussé, the details chased, the goddess depicted wearing a gilded characteristic fringed mantle over one shoulder and knotted at the breasts, the right breast exposed, and a gilded foliate wreath atop her wavy hair, her locks set into stylized 'Libyan' corkscrew curls falling onto her shoulders, her plump matronly face with large, articulated lidded eyes and rounded chin, her sensuous lips slightly parted, with Venus lines on the neck emphasized, a lotiform sceptre or thrysos in the field behind her right shoulder, the background stippled, small attachment holes around the outer edge, once attached to the tondo of a bowl, 7.4cm diam.
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A Greek parcel gilt silver emblema in the form of a bust of Isis
Hellenistic Period, circa 2nd-1st Century B.C.
Hammered from a single sheet and worked in high relief repoussé, the details chased, the goddess depicted wearing a gilded characteristic fringed mantle over one shoulder and knotted at the breasts, the right breast exposed, and a gilded foliate wreath atop her wavy hair, her locks set into stylized 'Libyan' corkscrew curls falling onto her shoulders, her plump matronly face with large, articulated lidded eyes and rounded chin, her sensuous lips slightly parted, with Venus lines on the neck emphasized, a lotiform sceptre or thrysos in the field behind her right shoulder, the background stippled, small attachment holes around the outer edge, once attached to the tondo of a bowl, 7.4cm diam.
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