FRAGMENT OF A NAOPHOR Egypt, Late Period, 26th–30th Dynasty, 664–343 BC.

FRAGMENT OF A NAOPHOR

Egypt, Late Period, 26th–30th Dynasty, 664–343 BC.
Probably serpentine (?) with later black overpainting. Figure of a kneeling priest holding before him a shrine, a so-called naos, containing the figures of the seated divine triad of Nephthys, Osiris and Isis. On an old wooden base.
23 × 9.5 × 12.5 cm.
Breaks. Larger losses to the left side. Traces of adhesive.

Provenance:
- Galerie Fischer auction, Estate of Dr. F. Burgers: Collection and Inventory from Château Malagny on Lake Geneva, Lucerne, 25/26 August 1932, lot 312, illustrated on pl. 36.
- Swiss private collection, acquired at the above auction.
- Swiss private collection, inherited from the above in 1957.
- Swiss private collection, inherited from the above in 1967.