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LOT 0455
Egyptian Faience Amulet with Figures
LATE PERIOD-PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 664-30 B.C.
3 3/4 in. (100 grams, 95 mm).
The large architectural amulet, rectangular in section with base and scarab finial; the narrow sides each with a high-relief standing figure, both holding a flail, wearing a royal nemes headdress and solar disc; the wider sides each with a facing male figure within a naos surmounted by a smaller facing figure, one Harpocrates holding a snake, the other Bes(?) with a high-plumed headress; repaired.
ProvenanceEx property of a London gentleman; acquired in the 1970s.
Private collection of Mr T.H., Norfolk, UK.
See Andrews, C., Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London, 1994, for discussion.
FootnotesThe presence of Harpocrates holding a snake and possibly Bes, suggests that this functioned as a cippus amulet offering protection and with curative properties.
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Egyptian Bronze Figure of Osiris Wearing Plumed Atef Crown
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With frontal uraeus, holding the crook and flail in his hands; mounted on a custom-made stand. 70 grams total, 15.2 cm high including stand
Old Dutch collection, acquired prior to 1985. Ex Netherlands ancient art gallery. Ex Artemission, London SW5, UK. Private collection of Mr T.H., Norfolk, UK. Accompanied by a previous dealer's certificate of authenticity and invoice.
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