An Egyptian Bronze Situla, Early Ptolemaic Period, ca. 4th - 3rd century BCE Gods & Goddesses Mary and the Christ child

Mary and the Christ child on her lap

The pomegranate quickly became a popular motif in jewelry

acquired from the trade in the early 2000s

Provenance:   Paul Ilton private collection

Strung on a 24-inch 14K yellow gold chain

An Egyptian Bronze Situla, Early Ptolemaic Period, ca. 4th - 3rd century BCE Gods & Goddesses Mary and the Christ childCast using the lost wax method, this fine, tapering vessel features a rolled rim, and rounded bottom with knobbed base. It is decorated in raised relief, the wide central register with a dedicant holding a lotus flower staff next to an offering altar, making offerings to the three deities, Isis with cow horn crown, Nephthys, and Amun Ra, each holding the life sign ankh in their right hand and a was scepter in their left, the lower register with