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GBP (£) 1,000 - 1,400
EUR (€) 1,160 - 1,620
USD ($) 1,340 - 1,880
LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.
4 1/4 in. (146 grams total, 10.7 cm including stand).
The bifacial upper part of a handle featuring Hathor, depicted with cow ears and wearing a heavy wig with characteristically curled lappet ends and a broad collar; on either side a uraeus, one of which is wearing the crown of Lower Egypt, the other the Upper Egyptian crown; remains of the sistrum cradle above.
PROVENANCE:
with Galerie Gunter Phuze, Kunst der Antike 4, Freiburg, 1982, no.335.
German private collection H. W. (1931-2018), acquired 1982.
Accompanied by a copy of an IADAA Interpol search certificate.
Accompanied by copies of the relevant Galerie Gunter catalogue pages.
LITERATURE:
Cf. Roeder, G., Ägyptische Bronzefiguren II, Berlin, 1956, pl.63 items g, i, and k, for three less fine examples of this type.
FOOTNOTES:
The sistrum was a rattle-like instrument played exclusively by women in religious ceremonies. The sound produced by the sistrum was believed to drive away evil and soothe a god's anger. Hathor is the daughter of the sun god Re, and in her role as a mother goddess is often depicted as a cow or with bovine characteristics as here. Hathor is also associated with love, music and dancing, and the sistrum is one of her sacred symbols.
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