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LOT 0466
Egyptian Faience Amulet of Nefertum
LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.
2 in. (10.66 grams total, 50 mm including stand).
In a striding pose with arms at the sides, sporting a black coloured tripartite wig surmounted by the god's distinctive headdress consisting of a lotus flower with two plumes on top; mounted on a display stand. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Ex H Norri collection, Milton Keynes, Bedfordshire, UK, 1980s-1990s.
Literature
Nefertum is usually depicted as a man wearing a headdress with a lotus flower or a crown featuring the flower. The god is often associated with beauty, healing, and the lotus, and his cult is linked to the royal family and the cycle of rebirth. Nefertum’s imagery and symbolism associate him with themes of creation, renewal, and the sun; he symbolises the first sunlight and the pleasant scent of the Egyptian blue lotus flower, emerging from the primal waters within an Egyptian blue water lily.
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