An Egyptian lapis lazuli amulet of Isis
Ptolemaic Period, circa 323-30 B.C.
The striding figure wearing a tripartite wig and stepped crown, the hieroglyph of her shortened name, and a close-fitting sheath dress, the back pillar pierced for suspension, set on an integral base, 4.6cm high注脚Provenance:
Private collection, France.
with Koutoulakis, Paris, acquired prior to 1960.
Hôtel Drouot sale; Tajan, Paris, 26 February 1996, lot 198.
Private collection, Europe, acquired at the above sale.

Published:
C.A.R. Andrews and J. van Dijk (ed.), Objects for Eternity: Egyptian Antiquities from the W. Arnold Meijer Collection, Mainz, 2006, p. 222, no. 3.30a.