EGYPTIAN GOD IAH
Description: Egyptian bronze statuette representing the god Iah, shown naked and seated. Originally, he was most probably sitting on a throne made of bronze or wood. He is wearing a disk and crescent of the new moon headdress over a tripartite wig. In other images the god is shown with a child’s sidelock over one shoulder. A Horus eye is engraved on the disk and in front of it we can see a uraeus. He has a false beard, a bare chest and is clothed in a short, pleated kilt. Both arms fall down by his sides, the legs lie together and the feet rest on a small square base. Assimilated with the god Osiris - Iah, as well as having a human form, he was also shown as an ibis or a falcon, or as a human with the head of one of these two creatures. As a keeper of time he might be holding a palm leaf or a Horus eye in his hands. In this case in question, the eye is seen engraved on the disk.It includes Art Loss Register certificate.| Egypt. Late Period. 664-332 B.C.
Condition: In a good state of preservation. The left hand is missing. Notes: The piece includes authenticity certificate. For reasons of data protection, when the provenance of the pieces is private collections, only the initials of the particular collectors are shown, the complete information of these collections will be delivered to the buyer in the authenticity certificate. |The piece includes Spanish Export License ( Passport for European Union) - If the piece is destined outside the European Union a substitution of the export permit should be requested and an export fee must be paid ( see terms and conditions ). This process could take between 1 and 2 months.
Provenance: Private collection N. A., New Hampshire, USA, acquired thence by descendent in 1971. Dimensions: 12,80 cm.
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Description: Egyptian bronze statuette representing the god Iah, shown naked and seated. Originally, he was most probably sitting on a throne made of bronze or wood. He is wearing a disk and crescent of the new moon headdress over a tripartite wig. In other images the god is shown with a child’s sidelock over one shoulder. A Horus eye is engraved on the disk and in front of it we can see a uraeus. He has a false beard, a bare chest and is clothed in a short, pleated kilt. Both arms fall down by his sides, the legs lie together and the feet rest on a small square base. Assimilated with the god Osiris - Iah, as well as having a human form, he was also shown as an ibis or a falcon, or as a human with the head of one of these two creatures. As a keeper of time he might be holding a palm leaf or a Horus eye in his hands. In this case in question, the eye is seen engraved on the disk.It includes Art Loss Register certificate.| Egypt. Late Period. 664-332 B.C.
Condition: In a good state of preservation. The left hand is missing. Notes: The piece includes authenticity certificate. For reasons of data protection, when the provenance of the pieces is private collections, only the initials of the particular collectors are shown, the complete information of these collections will be delivered to the buyer in the authenticity certificate. |The piece includes Spanish Export License ( Passport for European Union) - If the piece is destined outside the European Union a substitution of the export permit should be requested and an export fee must be paid ( see terms and conditions ). This process could take between 1 and 2 months.
Provenance: Private collection N. A., New Hampshire, USA, acquired thence by descendent in 1971. Dimensions: 12,80 cm.
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