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LOT 0458
Egyptian Bead Panel with Four Sons of Horus and Winged Scarab
PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 332-30 B.C.
4 7/8 in. (46 grams, 12.5 cm high).
Restrung as an openwork panel with a winged scarab above and the four sons of Horus below as two opposing pairs.
ProvenancePreviously on French art market in the 1990s.
Ex London, UK, collection.
Cf. Manley, B., and Dodson, A., Life Everlasting. National Museum of Scotland Collection of Ancient Egyptian Coffins, Edinburgh, 2010, p.114, no.43, for a bead-work shroud incorporating a winged scarab and Four Sons of Horus.
FootnotesThe Four Sons of Horus were deities responsible for protecting the internal organs of the deceased. The human-headed Imsety protected the liver, the baboon-headed Hapy protected the lungs, the jackal-headed Duamutef protected the stomach, and the falcon-headed Qebehsenuef protected the intestines.
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LOT 0458
Egyptian Bead Panel with Four Sons of Horus and Winged Scarab
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
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with Bonhams, Antiquities, 21 October 1999, no.432-436. -
Original Framed Photographs of Egyptian Monuments
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Property of a North Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman. -
Egyptian Faience Amulet and Bead Collection
Late Period, 664-332 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
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From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.
