Egyptian Pale Turquoise Faience Triad Plaque Amulet, c. 664-332 B.C.

(Faience Amulet)

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Item No.
34.37519
Culture
Egyptian, Late Period, c. 664-332 B.C 
Item Details.
Nude Horus is depicted as a child and shown being protected by and holding the hands of his mother Isis and aunt Nephthys. This plaque also represents part of the Osiride myth of the murder and resurrection of Osiris and the birth and vengeance of his son Horus, both of them nurtured and protected by Isis and Nephthys. For the type, see the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, acc. no. 26.7.890.

Provenance: Resandro collection, Europe, primarily formed late 1960s-1997 (R-517, HA 273).

Literature: I. Grimm-Stadelmann (ed.), Aesthetic Glimpses, Masterpieces of Ancient Egyptian Art, The Resandro Collection, Munich, 2012, p.171, no. R-517.

Size
3.1 cm H - 1 1/4 inch
Material
Faience 
Condition
Minor chip to front left corner of integral base, otherwise intact  
Categories
• Egyptian Faience
Price.
US$ 1600
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