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LOT 0403
Egyptian Blue-Glazed Faience Shabti
PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 332-30 B.C.
2 3/4 in. (9.43 grams, 70 mm).
Plano-convex in section with plain back, mummiform type with agricultural tools. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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Egyptian Faience Amulet Collection
Ptolemaic-Roman Period, circa 332 B.C.-300 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
A mixed group of amulets, including scaraboids, a crocodile, three fists, a frog, a fly, and others. 12.46 grams total, 7.60-22.07 mm
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. -
Egyptian Blue Glazed Amulet of Bes
Third Intermediate Period, circa 1069-735 B.C.Estimate: £1,000 - 1,400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £500
Modelled in the round, Bes standing nude with a lion's tail, wearing a feathered headdress. 3.07 grams, 42 mm
Olivia Tiano, Paris, 1993. Private collection, London, UK.
From the New Kingdom onwards, Bes became one of ancient Egypt's most popular apotropaic deities. Despite his somewhat fearsome appearance, Bes served as the patron and protector of pregnant women and children and was also believed to shield them from snakes. -
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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.'
