Finely modelled face with false beard and tripartite wig; hands holding the pick and the hoe; a seed bag over the left shoulder; plain back pillar; a T-shape arrangement of hieroglyphic text to the front: sḥḏ wsir sm n mnw pꜢ-di wsir(?) ms s(sic) r.t-ir.t-Ꜣst-n-wr.t mꜢʾ ḫrw ‘The illuminated, the Osiris, Sem-(priest ) of Min, God’s Servant, Pa-di-Osiris, born (to) Ret-iret-Isis-en-weret true of voice’; mounted on a custom-made stand. 98.6 grams, 14.5 cm including stand

French collection, 1990s.
Acquired from St James's Ancient Art, London SW1, circa 2019.
Private collection of Professor Kenneth Graham, London, UK.

Accompanied by a St James's Ancient Art certificate of authenticity.

Olive-green glazed composition with detailed facial features, hands, tools, seed bag, dorsal pillar; T-shaped hieroglyphic text: 'sḥḏ wsir nb pḥ.ty ..ns(?) mꜢʾ ḫrw ms n ipt-wrt(?)' ‘The illuminated, the Osiris, Lord of Strength ..ns(?), true of voice’ born to Ipet-weret(?)’; mounted on a custom-made stand. 169 grams total, 15 cm high including stand

Part of an old collection dating back to the 19th century.
Ex property of a gentleman, acquired before the 1980s.
Private collection of Mr T.H., Norfolk, UK.

Cf. similar in the collection of the British Museum under accession no.EA55512.

Modelled mummiform with arms crossed at the chest, holding crook and flail with highlighted features, wearing a plaited false beard and Atef crown mounted on two curved ram's horns, flanked by detailed ostrich feathers and frontal uraeus; natural facial detailing with silver inlaid eyes and large protruding ears; accompanied by a custom-made display stand. 1.15 kg total, 31 cm high including stand

Norman Blankman collection, New York, 1960s.
P.G. collection, New York, USA.
with Art for Eternity, New York.
with Bonhams, London, 6 July 2023, lot 360.

This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11945-210564.

Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, accession number 56.16.2, for a comparable 26th Dynasty example; Museo Stibbert, Florence, statuette inv. no. 11169; Del Francia, P. R., 'Le antichità egizie' in AA. VV., 'Frederick Stibbert, gentiluomo, collezionista e sognatore, Rivista del Museo Stibbert 3, Firenze, 2000, p.90, n.3, pl.20; see Robins, G., Egyptian Shabtis, Shire Egyptology 26, Princes Risborough, 2001, pp.19.

Osiris was the foremost of ancient Egyptian funerary deities and lord of the underworld. Many statuettes of the god were offered in temples dedicated in his name, and have also been discovered in other contexts including animal necropoleis and temples dedicated to other gods.

Carved male bust with a short-sleeved robe and tiered shebyu jewelled collar, striated wig; mounted on a custom-made plinth. 855 grams total, 21 cm high including stand

From an old UK collection.
With Coincraft since the 1990s.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.

Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Alberto Maria Pollastrini.
Accompanied by a master copy of the Coincraft catalogue BCF 76, where this object is offered for £2,950.00.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11946-209473.

Coincraft coin and antiquities catalogue BCF 76.

The naked female figure standing on a lotus column and holding an elongated shallow cosmetic spoon above her head. 32 grams, 19.5 cm

Acquired in Egypt in the early 20th century.
Private collection of Mr T.H., Norfolk, UK.

Cf. Hayes, W.C., The Scepter of Egypt. A Background for the Study of the Egyptian Antiquities in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Vol 1, New York, 1990 (reprint), p.191, fig.106 (centre, left), for a close parallel (although only the top of papyrus handle preserved) dated to the 18th Dynasty.

Modelled seated on a tongue-shaped base, with simple facial detailing and suspension loop to the back. 0.52 grams, 8 mm

From an early 20th century French collection.

Cf. Andrews, C., Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London, 1994, item 29(c).

The goddess Bastet was believed to be the daughter of the sun god and was shown with the features of a lion up until about 1000 B.C. when she was portrayed as a cat or human with a cat head. As the daughter of Ra she was associated with the rage inherent in the sun god's eye which was considered to be his instrument of vengeance. Her development into a cat goddess occurred during the New Kingdom but did not fully develop until the Late Period. She was still associated with the destructive power of the sun and was shown on the prow of the solar boat, decapitating the evil serpent Apophis in the Book of the Dead. The maternal, protective and hunting characteristics of the cat are obvious in Bastet and she was seen as a protector of pregnant women and young children. In the Pyramid Texts she is invoked by the deceased king to act as his protector and to help him reach the sky to join the sun god; the king proclaims that Bastet is his mother and nurse. Like her counterpart, Sekhmet, Bastet has an aggressive side and, in a text from Karnak, Amenhotep II described his enemies being slaughtered like the victims of Bastet. The goddess had a shrine at Karnak, where she is known as the 'Lady of Asheru' which aligns her closely with the goddess Mut, the consort of Amun-Ra. Her most famous shrine was in the north-east Delta region, at Bubastis, and was known as Per-Bastet or 'the House of Bastet.' Herodotus describes the festival of Bastet as one of the most elaborate in all of Egypt and identifies her with the Greek Artemis. Cemeteries of cats have been excavated at Bubastis and at Saqqara and Memphis.

Carved in the round, the handle formed as the extended nude female body, the extended arms holding out a pear-shaped bowl; separate carved head with bobbed hair; offered with a flattish lid with attached goose's neck and partial head; female head possibly a later addition. 42 grams, 17.5 cm

Part of an old collection dating back to the 19th century.
Ex property of a gentleman, acquired before the 1980s.
Private collection of Mr T.H., Norfolk, UK.

Cf. Vandier d’Abbadie, J., Les objets de toilette égyptiens au Musée du Louvre, Paris, 1972, pp.10-11 nos. 1-3, for three similar cosmetic spoons with the bowl and lid in the form of a goose.

Finely modelled with gesso surface and painted detailing; wearing lappet wig and broad collar, crossed hands holding agricultural implements; frontal column of hieroglyphic text dedicating the shabti to 'The illuminated, the Osiris, Renpt-nefer, true of voice'. 107 grams, 22 cm high

Part of an old collection dating back to the 19th century.
Ex property of a gentleman, acquired before the 1980s.
Private collection of Mr T.H., Norfolk, UK.

Cf. similar in the collection of the British Museum under accession no.EA34168.

With incised carapace and leg detailing, hieroglyphs to the underside. 2.23 grams, 16 mm

Ex North London, UK, gentleman, 1990s.

With rounded profile and detailing, the underside inscribed with the sedge, bee and sun disk symbols. 3 grams, 16 mm

Ex North London, UK, gentleman, 1990s.

Pale blue glazed composition with T-shaped hieroglyphic inscription to the lower body incorporating mother's name. 23 grams, 81 mm

Acquired from a private UK collection in the late 1990s.
Private collection of Mr T.H., Norfolk, UK.

Cf. similar in the collection of the British Museum under accession no.EA21772.

Mixed group of scarabs and scaraboids in steatite and glazed composition with hieroglyphs to the underside. 10.2 grams total, 10-17 mm

Ex North London, UK, gentleman, 1990s.