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LOT 0405
Egyptian Blue-Glazed Faience Shabti with Hieroglyphs
LATE PERIOD-PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 664-30 B.C.
2 7/8 in. (22.14 grams, 72 mm).
Plano-convex in section with dorsal plaque, impressed hieroglyphs to lower body.
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 0405
Egyptian Blue-Glazed Faience Shabti with Hieroglyphs
Sold for (Inc. bp): £144
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Egyptian Green Glazed Somtous Seated on Lotus Flower
Late Period, circa 664-332 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £780
Modelled in the round, the nude seated figure of the child Somtous, with one hand to his lips and a prominent sidelock, emerging from a lotus flower; mounted on a custom-made stand. 39.76 grams total, 68 mm high including stand
Noriuchi Horiuchi, Tokyo, Japan, 1993. Private collection, London, UK.
The earliest attestations of the cult of Somtous, known as Sematawy in ancient Egyptian, date back to the New Kingdom, although it became particularly popular during the Late Period. Associated with Horus (Horsomtous), the symbol of the child emerging from the lotus represented the (re)birth of the sun god. Thus, Somtous was regarded as a life-giving amuletic symbol, sometimes even referred to as 'Sematawy the child who gives life.' -
Egyptian Blue Faience Cup
Late Period-Ptolemaic Period, 664-30 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
Conical in profile with a wide base and a shallow, hollow interior. 56.8 grams, 56 mm
Private collection, USA and Switzerland, acquired in the late 1980s-early 1990s; thence by descent. -
Romano-Egyptian Silver Ring with Cat and Kittens
Roman Period, 30 B.C.-323 AD.Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
D-section hoop with ribbed shoulder, papyrus-stem detailing and reclining cat with suckling kittens. 14.92 grams, 28.49 mm overall, 17.35 mm internal diameter (approximate size British M1/2, USA 6 1/4, Europe 13.09, Japan 12)
Ex Essex, UK, gentleman's collection, 1990s.
