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LOT 0024
Egyptian Bronze Sistrum Handle Finial
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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LOT 0024
Egyptian Bronze Sistrum Handle Finial
Estimate £1,000 - 1,400€1,160 - 1,620 (for guidance only)$1,350 - 1,890 (for guidance only)
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