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LOT 0524
Egyptian Faience Mummy Bead Mask with Scarab and Four Sons of Horus
PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 332-30 B.C.
9 1/2 in. (100 grams, 24 cm).
A restrung netted beadwork panel of annular and tubular glazed composition beads in blues, greens, black, cream and red-brown colours, depicting a mummy face mask with false beard, a scarab with extended wings below, the 'Four Sons of Horus’ beneath the scarab, joined together with areas of open netting of tubular beads. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Ex North London, UK, gallery.
Ex Cambridgeshire, UK, collection.
Literature
Cf. Manley, B. and Dodson, A., Life Everlasting. National Museums Scotland Collection of Ancient Egyptian Coffins, Edinburgh, 2010, p.114, no. 43, for a bead shroud with similar elements.
Footnotes
The Four Sons of Horus were deities responsible for protecting the deceased's internal organs. The human-headed Imsety protected the liver, the baboon-headed Hapy protected the lungs, the jackal-headed Duamutef protected the stomach, and the falcon-headed Qebehsenuef protected the intestines.
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LOT 0524
Egyptian Faience Mummy Bead Mask with Scarab and Four Sons of Horus
Sold for (Inc. bp): £780
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