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LOT 0018
Egyptian Pale Blue Faience Shabti for Padiosiris
LATE PERIOD, 664-525 B.C.
5 3/4 in. (98.6 grams, 14.5 cm including stand).
Finely modelled face with false beard and tripartite wig; hands holding the pick and the hoe; a seed bag over the left shoulder; plain back pillar; a T-shape arrangement of hieroglyphic text to the front: sḥḏ wsir sm n mnw pꜢ-di wsir(?) ms s(sic) r.t-ir.t-Ꜣst-n-wr.t mꜢʾ ḫrw ‘The illuminated, the Osiris, Sem-(priest ) of Min, God’s Servant, Pa-di-Osiris, born (to) Ret-iret-Isis-en-weret true of voice’; mounted on a custom-made stand.
ProvenanceFrench collection, 1990s.
Acquired from St James's Ancient Art, London SW1, circa 2019.
Private collection of Professor Kenneth Graham, London, UK.
Accompanied by a St James's Ancient Art certificate of authenticity.
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Egyptian Faience Offering Cup with Lid
Ptolemaic Period, 332-30 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
Glazed composition cup with stemmed foot and thick rim, separate discoid lid with panel to the underside, possibly not belonging. 18.8 grams, 43 mm
Ex Den of Antiquity, Cambridgeshire, UK. Private collection of Mr T.H., Norfolk, UK. Accompanied by a previous dealer's certificate of authenticity. -
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Egyptian Bronze Sistrum Handle Finial
Late Period, 664-332 B.C.Estimate: £1,000 - 1,400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £500
The bifacial upper part of a handle featuring Hathor, depicted with cow ears and wearing a heavy wig with characteristically curled lappet ends and a broad collar; on either side a uraeus, one of which is wearing the crown of Lower Egypt, the other the Upper Egyptian crown; remains of the sistrum cradle above. 146 grams total, 10.7 cm including stand
with Galerie Gunter Phuze, Kunst der Antike 4, Freiburg, 1982, no.335. German private collection H. W. (1931-2018), acquired 1982. Accompanied by a copy of an IADAA Interpol search certificate. Accompanied by copies of the relevant Galerie Gunter catalogue pages.
The sistrum was a rattle-like instrument played exclusively by women in religious ceremonies. The sound produced by the sistrum was believed to drive away evil and soothe a god's anger. Hathor is the daughter of the sun god Re, and in her role as a mother goddess is often depicted as a cow or with bovine characteristics as here. Hathor is also associated with love, music and dancing, and the sistrum is one of her sacred symbols. -
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Egyptian Painted Wooden Model of a Cow Giving Birth, Together with Two Figures
Middle Kingdom, 11th-12th Dynasty, 2023-1862 B.C.Estimate: £4,000 - 6,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £2,000
Composed of three figures: a standing cow or other quadruped giving birth to its young, its head, neck and forelegs emerging from the mother's rear, both with a black and white speckled coat; a standing male figure with articulated arms and pierced hands, wearing a kilt and cropped wig and with stylised facial detailing; a kneeling figure also with articulated arms, open-palm hands, wearing a kilt and cropped wig, stylised facial features; extensive remains of polychrome pigment. 111 grams total, 9.5-16 cm
From an early 20th century Home Counties collection. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11597-199209.
Such models would have been deposited in tombs; the purpose of such a scene was probably to evoke the season of spring, when calves were born, and the floodplain where farmers lived and raised their livestock.
