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LOT 0481
Egyptian Faience Kneeling Priest Amulet
NEW KINGDOM, 1550-1070 B.C.
3/4 in. (1.16 grams, 19 mm).
Modelled in the round figure of a priest kneeling on a base with hands on his thighs; loop behind the shoulders. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Egyptian Green Glazed Somtous Seated on Lotus Flower
Late Period, circa 664-332 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £780
Modelled in the round, the nude seated figure of the child Somtous, with one hand to his lips and a prominent sidelock, emerging from a lotus flower; mounted on a custom-made stand. 39.76 grams total, 68 mm high including stand
Noriuchi Horiuchi, Tokyo, Japan, 1993. Private collection, London, UK.
The earliest attestations of the cult of Somtous, known as Sematawy in ancient Egyptian, date back to the New Kingdom, although it became particularly popular during the Late Period. Associated with Horus (Horsomtous), the symbol of the child emerging from the lotus represented the (re)birth of the sun god. Thus, Somtous was regarded as a life-giving amuletic symbol, sometimes even referred to as 'Sematawy the child who gives life.' -
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Late Period-Ptolemaic Period, 664-30 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
With anatomical detailing and hieroglyphs on the underside. 2.2 grams, 16 mm
From the collection of a late Gloucestershire, UK, collector. -
Egyptian Haematite Heart Amulet
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Carved with lateral triangular lugs and an integral bale. 2 grams, 15 mm
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