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LOT 0480
Egyptian Steatite Bifacial Scaraboid with Face and Bull
LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.
1 1/4 in. (10.18 grams, 32 mm).
Modelled as a domed face of Hathor with small cow-ears and a wig with coiled lappet ends, and an advancing cow on the underside.
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 0480
Egyptian Steatite Bifacial Scaraboid with Face and Bull
Estimate £180 - 240€210 - 280 (for guidance only)$240 - 320 (for guidance only)
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Egyptian Glass Bead Necklace with Large Sekhmet Faience Amulet
Late Period, 664-332 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £546
Restrung group of mosaic glass tubular beads, spherical and other spacer beads, pendant amulet of Sekhmet seated on throne. 26 grams, 35 cm, amulet: 41 mm
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Egyptian Faience Scaraboid with Hieroglyphs
Late Period, 664-332 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Bifacial scaraboid with hieroglyphs including an ankh to one side and the other with a wedjat. 0.75 grams, 13 mm
From a late Warwickshire numismatic collector, his collection formed from the early 1980s. -
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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.'
