Egyptian Green Glass Winged Goddess Pectoral. Ptolemaic Period, 300-30 B.C. A fragmentary rectangular-section glass figure of a kneeling goddess with outstretched wings; accurate detailing to the goddess, wearing a tripartite wig with a seshed headband tied at the back, a menat Broad Collar and a tightly wrapped sheath held up by two straps leaving the breasts exposed, the dress decorated with a lozenge pattern possibly representing beadwork. See Corteggiani, J.-P., L'Égypte ancienne et ses dieux, Fayard, Paris, 2007. 15.34 grams, 54 mm (2 1/8 in.) Swiss private collection, 1970s. Galerie Nefer, Zurich, early 1990s. With Christie's New York, 9 December 2008, lot39. Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Alberto Maria Pollastrini. Accompanied by copies of the relevant Christie's catalogue pages. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate no.11187-188125. Although it is not possible to spot holes in the upper and lower edges, this figure was probably a pectoral or chest ornament with an apotropaic function that would have been attached to the wrapping of the mummy. Specimens of this kind of amulet are preserved in several museums around the world; e.g.: faience winged goddess made in three pieces from Deir el-Medineh, dating to the Ramesside Period, preserved in the Metropolitan Museum of Art of New York (Accession number 1974.192); faience winged goddess, dating to the Late New Kingdom or the Third Intermediate Period, preserved in the Met of New York (Accession number 26.7.982a–c); faience winged Isis made in three pieces, dating to the Third Intermediate Period, preserved in the RISD Museum of Providence (Accession number 1996.73.1); gold winged goddess Isis from Nuri (Nubia), dating to the Napatean Period, preserved in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts (Accession number 20.276). It is hard to say which goddess is represented. Unfortunately, this winged female figure lacks any attribute on her head which can help us in detecting her identity. Perhaps, the glass effigy depicts the sky goddess Nut often connected to the protection of the deceased (Corteggiani 2007, pp.377-379). Nevertheless, it cannot be excluded that it may represent the goddess Isis (Corteggiani 2007. pp.244-249).

Fine condition, chipped.