A Romano-Egyptian bronze figure of Isis-Aphrodite
A Romano-Egyptian bronze figure of Isis-Aphrodite
Circa 1st Century B.C.-1st Century A.D.
Possibly a Ptolemaic queen or princess in the guise of the goddess, depicted nude and standing with her weight on her left leg, the right leg bent, her eyes articulated, wearing a nekhbet vulture headdress surmounted by a plumed lunar disc and ears of corn, her wavy hair centrally-parted and falling in tresses onto her shoulders, holding an apple in her upturned left hand, a foliate crown in her lowered right, 19.5cm high
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A Romano-Egyptian bronze figure of Isis-Aphrodite
Circa 1st Century B.C.-1st Century A.D.
Possibly a Ptolemaic queen or princess in the guise of the goddess, depicted nude and standing with her weight on her left leg, the right leg bent, her eyes articulated, wearing a nekhbet vulture headdress surmounted by a plumed lunar disc and ears of corn, her wavy hair centrally-parted and falling in tresses onto her shoulders, holding an apple in her upturned left hand, a foliate crown in her lowered right, 19.5cm high
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