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LOT 0013
Egyptian Bronze Kneeling Priest Statuette
LATE PERIOD, CIRCA 664–332 B.C.
3 in. (54 grams total, 76 mm including stand).
The male figure of a kneeling supplicant with back pillar inscribed with hieroglyphic text: 'Neith gives life [to] ...'.
ProvenancePrivate collection S., Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany, acquired in the first half of the 20th century.
Accompanied by a copy of an Art Loss Register certificate number S00140657, dated 23 October 2018.
Cf. Schulz, R. and Seidel, M., Egyptian Art. The Walters Art Museum, London, 2009, pp.114-115, obj.45, for a comparable figure kneeling before the figure of Anubis.
FootnotesThis figure was likely attached to a separately cast base and positioned kneeling before a larger figure of the goddess Neith. Such objects were donated to temples to secure the god or goddess's protection for the donor, represented by the kneeling figure.
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LOT 0013
Egyptian Bronze Kneeling Priest Statuette
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000€1,740 - 2,320 (for guidance only)$2,030 - 2,700 (for guidance only)
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Egyptian Gold God Bastet Cat Amulet
Late New Kingdom, 1070-900 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £650
Modelled seated on a tongue-shaped base, with simple facial detailing and suspension loop to the back. 0.52 grams, 8 mm
From an early 20th century French collection.
The goddess Bastet was believed to be the daughter of the sun god and was shown with the features of a lion up until about 1000 B.C. when she was portrayed as a cat or human with a cat head. As the daughter of Ra she was associated with the rage inherent in the sun god's eye which was considered to be his instrument of vengeance. Her development into a cat goddess occurred during the New Kingdom but did not fully develop until the Late Period. She was still associated with the destructive power of the sun and was shown on the prow of the solar boat, decapitating the evil serpent Apophis in the Book of the Dead. The maternal, protective and hunting characteristics of the cat are obvious in Bastet and she was seen as a protector of pregnant women and young children. In the Pyramid Texts she is invoked by the deceased king to act as his protector and to help him reach the sky to join the sun god; the king proclaims that Bastet is his mother and nurse. Like her counterpart, Sekhmet, Bastet has an aggressive side and, in a text from Karnak, Amenhotep II described his enemies being slaughtered like the victims of Bastet. The goddess had a shrine at Karnak, where she is known as the 'Lady of Asheru' which aligns her closely with the goddess Mut, the consort of Amun-Ra. Her most famous shrine was in the north-east Delta region, at Bubastis, and was known as Per-Bastet or 'the House of Bastet.' Herodotus describes the festival of Bastet as one of the most elaborate in all of Egypt and identifies her with the Greek Artemis. Cemeteries of cats have been excavated at Bubastis and at Saqqara and Memphis. -
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Egyptian Steatite Cosmetic Palette
New Kingdom, 19th-20th Dynasty, 1292-1070 B.C.Estimate: £3,000 - 4,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,500
Shallow bowl with rounded rim and openwork handle formed as two ducks resting with necks bent and heads draped to the rim; underside with wing, leg and tail detailing. 34.5 grams, 69 mm
Mary Alice Ryun, Fort Worth, Texas, prior to 1975; thence by descent. Sotheby's, New York, Antiquities and Islamic Art, 8 December 1995, lot 222; where acquired by the present owner. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11949-209610. -
Egyptian Bronze Seated Harpocrates Figure
Late Period, 664-332 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
With feet resting on a rectangular base, forefinger on the lips, prominent sidelock of youth. 30.7 grams, 68 mm
Ex Brigantia, York, UK, item no.12040. Private collection of Mr T.H., Norfolk, UK. Accompanied by a previous dealer's certificate of authenticity.
Harpocrates is the Greek rendering of the Egyptian Hor-pa-khered, which translates as 'Horus the Child'. This refers to Horus as the divine infant of Isis and Osiris. Wearing the amulet of Harpocrates could provide the wearer with the same protection that Isis gave to her beloved son.
