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LOT 0002
Egyptian Amulet Collection
NEW KINGDOM-LATE PERIOD, 1550-332 B.C.
1/2 - 1 in. (14.3 grams total, 14-27 mm).
A mixed group of glazed composition amulets and beads comprising: white rectangular bead with Tilapia fish in high-relief and two cobras flanking a hem ideogram; turquoise frog on heater-shaped base with serpent to the underside; green scaraboid with wedjat to the carapace, Hathor sistrum with cow's horns to the underside; green ram-headed scaraboid with hieroglyphs to the underside; green cylinder with scarab motif; green wedjat with a cartouche of Thutmose III to the reverse; green rectangular bead with djed pillar flanked by ostrich feathers and incuse hieroglyphs to the reverse. [7]
ProvenanceTwo amulets with Bonhams, London, Knightsbridge, UK, 3 October 2000, lot 385 [Part].
Private Swiss collection.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11593-198956.
Accompanied by a copy of the relevant Bonhams catalogue pages.
See Andrews, C., Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London, 1994, for discussion.
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LOT 0002
Egyptian Amulet Collection
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000€2,320 - 3,480 (for guidance only)$2,700 - 4,050 (for guidance only)
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Egyptian Fly Amulet
Late Period, 664-525 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
A carnelian fly amulet with simple head and body detailing, the eyes doubling as the suspension loop. 0.43 grams, 12 mm
From an early 20th century UK collection. -
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Egyptian Bronze Oxyrhynchus Fish Figure
Late Period, 664-332 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £702
A bronze votive oxyrhynchus fish on a sledge base; the fish with inlaid eyes (now missing), hatched dorsal fin, hatched and engraved usekh collar, disc and horned crown fronted by sacred uraeus; suspension loop behind. 163 grams, 85 mm wide
Acquired 1980s. Private collection of L.H., Staffordshire, UK. Property of a Sussex, UK, teacher.
The oxyrhynchus fish was sacred to the goddess Hathor, and was often depicted wearing her crown on its head, an image that may have reproduced an actual temple cult statue. It was also connected to the myth of god Osiris, believed to have eaten his penis after god Seth had dismembered and scattered the god's body. The fish was worshipped under the name Medjed. -
Egyptian Thoth as an Ibis with Maat
Ptolemaic Period, 332-30 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £6,500
A blue-glazed composition amulet in the form of an ibis (representing the god Thoth) seated on a wedge-shaped base, facing a figure of Maat appearing as a diminutive stooping female with an ostrich feather; some details to both figures rendered in a darker blue glaze; suspension loop to the rear of the bird's neck. 9.15 grams, 37 mm
Acquired from Dr Jan Beekmans, circa 1984. UK private collection.
Maat and the moon god Thoth, husband and wife, together embody wisdom and cosmic order. As a divine couple, they served the sun god, Re. Like Thoth, the ancient Egyptians connected the ibis with the moon, owing to its crescent moon-shaped beak. The ibis was well known in antiquity for its refusal to drink unhealthy and poisoned water, or to kill poisonous reptiles, and set mankind an example of cleanliness; thus, like the god Thoth, the ibis offered protection against dangerous forces and served as a model for purity and good sense. Maat embodies the order that Thoth protects. Her symbol, an ostrich feather, references a bird that inhabits desert and savannah habitats, although it must never wander too far away from rivers and lakes. The ostrich cannot fly, but it is a fast runner and a strong fighter.
