30 - FRAGMENT OF A MUMMY CARTONNAGE DEPICTING A WINGED ISIS

FRAGMENT OF A MUMMY CARTONNAGE DEPICTING A WINGED ISIS Stuccoed and polychrome cartonnage 33 x 11 cm Egypt, Late New Kingdom – Third Intermediate Period, 11th–8th century B.C. A standing goddess viewed in right-side profile, with her wings spread out before her; likely Isis. She wears a dark, three-part wig encircled by a headband and a red sheath dress; her face is painted green. The wings are rendered by alternating green and black rows of flight feathers with red tips. Provenance French private collection, Mr. G.H.H. Mummy cartonnage fragment depicting winged Isis Standing goddess in profile facing right, wings spread before her, probably Isis. She wears a dark tripartite wig bound with a headband and a red sheath dress, her face painted green. The wings are rendered by rows of flight feathers alternating between green and black, with red tips.