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LOT 0055
Large Egyptian Blue Faience Taweret Vessel
LATE PERIOD, 26TH DYNASTY, 664-525 B.C.
6 3/4 in. (160 grams total, 17.3 cm including stand).
Composite animal figure with a hippopotamus's head and body, a crocodile's tail, and a human torso with arms, topped with a finely striated tripartite wig; the right hand, positioned beneath the left nipple, encloses a drilled hole connecting to the hollow body; a hole at the top of the head; mounted on a custom-made stand.
ProvenanceEx private French collection, since the early 1990s.
Acquired from Galerie Reiner, rue Bonaparte, Paris.
Artcurial, Paris, 6 November 2013, no.55.
Accompanied by an academic report by Egyptologist Paul Whelan.
Accompanied by a copy of French passport no.150578.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13189-249212.
Cf. Guichard, H. (dir.), Des animaux et des pharaons, le règne animal dans l'Égypte ancienne, Paris, 2014, p. 194, ill. p.
194, no. 165, for a similar vessel in the Louvre (inv. no. E 14232).
The vessel’s shape indicates it was likely used in magical and libationary rituals meant to invoke Taweret’s protective powers during childbirth and maternity. Usually depicted as a female hippopotamus with lion-like arms and legs and a crocodile’s back and tail, Taweret remains one of the most distinctive and recognisable deities in the Egyptian pantheon. Her name comes from the Egyptian word for "great" or "large" (tꜣwꜣrt), emphasising her powerful and protective nature.
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LOT 0055
Large Egyptian Blue Faience Taweret Vessel
Estimate £8,000 - 10,000€9,280 - 11,600 (for guidance only)$10,800 - 13,500 (for guidance only)
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Large Egyptian Blue Faience Taweret Vessel
Late Period, 26th Dynasty, 664-525 B.C.Estimate: £8,000 - 10,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £4,000
Composite animal figure with a hippopotamus's head and body, a crocodile's tail, and a human torso with arms, topped with a finely striated tripartite wig; the right hand, positioned beneath the left nipple, encloses a drilled hole connecting to the hollow body; a hole at the top of the head; mounted on a custom-made stand. 160 grams total, 17.3 cm including stand
Ex private French collection, since the early 1990s. Acquired from Galerie Reiner, rue Bonaparte, Paris. Artcurial, Paris, 6 November 2013, no.55. Accompanied by an academic report by Egyptologist Paul Whelan. Accompanied by a copy of French passport no.150578. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13189-249212.
The vessel’s shape indicates it was likely used in magical and libationary rituals meant to invoke Taweret’s protective powers during childbirth and maternity. Usually depicted as a female hippopotamus with lion-like arms and legs and a crocodile’s back and tail, Taweret remains one of the most distinctive and recognisable deities in the Egyptian pantheon. Her name comes from the Egyptian word for "great" or "large" (tꜣwꜣrt), emphasising her powerful and protective nature. -
Egyptian Stone Bowl
1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Miniature bowl with raised rim and disc base. 28.8 grams, 33 mm
Collection of Julien Bessonneau (1842–1916), France, thence by descent. Jean-Pierre Léveilley, Angers, acquired from the beneficiaries of the above collection in the 1970s–1980s. -
Egyptian Blue Glass Mummy Eye Pair
Late Period, 664-332 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,340
Composed of overpainted white sclerae with obsidian irises, set into contoured blue glass lids with extending cosmetic lines; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 44.35 grams total including stand, 56 mm each
Property of a North American gentleman, London, UK, 1990-2010. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13254-252260.
The eyes would have been applied to a mummy case. They were carefully bevelled and ground to fit the original mummy case. They could also have been used for the mummy masks.
