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LOT 0021
Egyptian Lapis Lazuli Scarab
750-332 B.C.
1 7/8 in. (34.6 grams, 48 mm).
Modelled in the round with detailed head and legs, plaque with attachment hole at each corner.
ProvenanceOld private French collection.
Anonymous sale, Beaussant Lefevre, Paris, 2015.
Private European collection, 2015.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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Seated figure of a cat with pointed ears mounted on a rectangular base with a rounded end; suspension loop on the back. 0.325 grams, 7 mm
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The cat was sacred to Bastet, a protective mother goddess and the daughter of the sun god Re. Amulets offered the wearer the goddess's protection. Her name means ‘she of the bast [ointment jar],’ which may have contained a substance favoured by or exclusive to royalty. Originally, Bastet was depicted as a woman with the head of a lioness, but by the late New Kingdom, she was usually shown with a cat's head. She is sometimes portrayed with kittens, emphasising her maternal role as a fierce protector of offspring. -
Egyptian Terracotta Cylindrical Jar
Early Dynastic Period, Naqada IIIC, circa 3100 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £520
Band of imitation rope-twist decoration encircling the top of the jar, the mouth slightly flaring with a slightly damaged rolled lip. 950 grams, 22 cm
with Bonhams, London, 1 May 2008, no.432 [Part]. Accompanied by a copy of an Art Loss Register certificate no.S00035996. Accompanied by a copy of relevant Bonhams catalogue pages. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
These vessels often exhibit different surface treatments; the rim and area above the rope twist show marks where the vessel was rotated to produce the rim, and below, the rest of the jar has a scrape-smoothed surface.
