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LOT 0444
Egyptian Faience Mummy Bead Panel with Four Sons of Horus
PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 332-30 B.C.
4 1/2 in. (22.9 grams, 11.3 cm wide).
Openwork beaded panel depicting a winged scarab with the Four Sons of Horus, Hapy, Imsety, Qebehsenuef, and Duamutef below; restrung.
ProvenanceEx Mariaud de Serres collection, Paris, France, 1980s-1990s.
Accompanied by a previously illustrated catalogue card with provenance.
Cf. Manley, B., and Dodson, A., Life Everlasting. National Museum of Scotland Collection of Ancient Egyptian Coffins, Edinburgh, 2010, p.114, no.43, for a bead-work shroud incorporating the mask, winged scarab, and Four Sons of Horus.
FootnotesWinged scarabs were often used as funerary amulets and believed to symbolise the deceased's rebirth and regeneration.
The Four Sons of Horus were deities responsible for protecting the deceased's internal organs. Here, on the left, is the baboon-headed Hapy, protector of the lungs, then the human-headed Imsety, protector of the liver, followed by the falcon-headed Qebehsenuef, who protected the intestines and, finally, the erect-eared jackal-headed Duamutef on the right, who protected the stomach.
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LOT 0444
Egyptian Faience Mummy Bead Panel with Four Sons of Horus
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
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Current Winning Bid: £750
Oval plaque with ribbed outer edge, central depiction of the typically grimacing face of Bes wearing a feathered headdress. 23.8 grams, 52 mm
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