ISIS-APHRODITE IN TERRACOTTA
ISIS-APHRODITE IN TERRACOTTA
Egyptian art, Roman period, 1st century BCE–3rd century CE
Large female statuette depicting the goddess standing, nude, with her arms at her sides and wearing a large floral headdress in concentric circles that falls down on either side of her shoulders.
Height: 43.5 cm
Provenance: Former French private collection, 19th century
Jean-David Cahn AG, Basel, September 22, 2006: no. 95 (ill.)
Royal-Athena Galleries, New York
Christian Levett Collection, Mougins Museum of Classical Art, acquired in 2008
Exhibitions: Mougins Museum of Classical Art (MACM), Mougins, France, June 2011–August 2023 (Inv. No. MMoCA117)
Migrating Objects, Treasures Under Influence, Centre de la Vieille Charité, Marseille, France, April 8, 2022–October 16, 2022
Bibliography: Jean-David Cahn AG, Kunstwerke Der Antike, September 22, 2006, lot 95
J. M. Eisenberg, *Art of the Ancient World*, Royal-Athena Galleries, 2007, vol. XVIII, no. 223
P. Clayton, “Ancient Egypt” in M. Merrony (ed.), Mougins Museum of Classical Art, France, 2011, p. 52, fig. 38
B. Cassin, M. Garsson, and M. Moliner, “Elaborations,” Objets Migrateurs—Trésors sous influences, Musées de Marseille, 2022, pp. 103–104, fig. 59
An Egyptian terracotta figure of Isis-Aphrodite,
Roman Period, 1st century B.C.–3rd century A.D.
ISIS-APHRODITE IN TERRACOTTA
Egyptian art, Roman period, 1st century BCE–3rd century CE
Large female statuette depicting the goddess standing, nude, with her arms at her sides and wearing a large floral headdress in concentric circles that falls down on either side of her shoulders.
Height: 43.5 cm
Provenance: Former French private collection, 19th century
Jean-David Cahn AG, Basel, September 22, 2006: no. 95 (ill.)
Royal-Athena Galleries, New York
Christian Levett Collection, Mougins Museum of Classical Art, acquired in 2008
Exhibitions: Mougins Museum of Classical Art (MACM), Mougins, France, June 2011–August 2023 (Inv. No. MMoCA117)
Migrating Objects, Treasures Under Influence, Centre de la Vieille Charité, Marseille, France, April 8, 2022–October 16, 2022
Bibliography: Jean-David Cahn AG, Kunstwerke Der Antike, September 22, 2006, lot 95
J. M. Eisenberg, *Art of the Ancient World*, Royal-Athena Galleries, 2007, vol. XVIII, no. 223
P. Clayton, “Ancient Egypt” in M. Merrony (ed.), Mougins Museum of Classical Art, France, 2011, p. 52, fig. 38
B. Cassin, M. Garsson, and M. Moliner, “Elaborations,” Objets Migrateurs—Trésors sous influences, Musées de Marseille, 2022, pp. 103–104, fig. 59
An Egyptian terracotta figure of Isis-Aphrodite,
Roman Period, 1st century B.C.–3rd century A.D.
