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LOT 0472
Egyptian Applique with Aphrodite
PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 332-30 B.C.
3 3/8 in. (85 grams, 86 mm).
Fragment from a representation of the nude Aphrodite in high-relief, crouching with her left knee raised and her right knee touching the ground, holding her long hair with her hands and wearing a diadem on her head; an appliqué from a vessel with minor filling at the right thigh.
ProvenancePrivate collection, Somerset, England.
with M.B., Los Angeles County, acquired 2014-2015 at a sale in the UK.
with Ancient Resource, USA, Auction 70, 06 October 2018, no.7.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12827-240895.
Cf. for similar typologies Reinach, S., Répertoire de la statuaire grecque et romaine, Paris, 1897, p.341.
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LOT 0472
Egyptian Applique with Aphrodite
Estimate £400 - 600€460 - 700 (for guidance only)$540 - 810 (for guidance only)
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Egyptian Bronze Seated Harpocrates
Late Period, 664-332 B.C.Estimate: £900 - 1,200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £475
Substantial cast figurine modelled in the round of Harpocrates sitting with hands on his thighs, double crown and sidelock. 389 grams, 16.2 cm
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
Harpocrates is the Greek rendering of the Egyptian Hor-pa-khered, which means ‘Horus the Child’. This name refers to Horus as the divine infant of Isis and Osiris. Wearing an amulet of Harpocrates was believed to give the wearer the same protection that Isis offered to her beloved son. Larger bronze statuettes probably served as votive offerings to Harpocrates to secure his favour and protection. -
Egyptian Bronze Osiris Statue
Late Period, 664-332 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £910
A sizeable, slender standing mummiform figure of Osiris, wearing his iconic tall conical Atef crown with flanking ostrich plumes and a central uraeus, holding the crook (heka) and flail (nekhakha) regalia; mounted on a display stand. 821 grams total, 26 cm high including stand
From the estate of Alexander Dobkin (1908-1975), New York, USA, acquired prior to 1975. Thence by descent to his daughter, Katherine Dobkin, New York, USA..
Osiris was associated with death and fertility and was widely recognised as the supreme god of renewal and rebirth. Although he was once a mortal ruler, as a deity, his domain was the Underworld. Abydos served as the main site of Osiris’ worship, where a renowned annual celebration in his honour took place. -
Egyptian Bronze Seated Isis with Horus Statue
Late Period, 664-332 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
Modelled enthroned, wearing a cow's horn headdress with a solar disc; suckling the infant Horus seated transversely on her lap; Horus modelled with a side-lock of youth; mounted on a custom-made wooden stand. 405 grams total, 17.5 cm including stand
Property of a deceased gentleman's collection, 1980s. Ex John Nicholson Auction, Haslemere, Surrey, UK.
