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Early 18th Dynasty Cowroid Amulet for Hathor
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Pre AD 1000 item# 843875 (stock# EA-120508a)
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Wallis Gallery of Antiquities
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This is a fantastically rare glazed, steatite amulet. Carved in the shape of a cowrie shell, it's known as a "Cowroid". The underside is carved with the face of Hathor with Janus ears of a cow.Measures 16 mm in diameter. Condition: some chipping to the heel edge of the amulet betwen 3 and 5 o'clock. The previous owner was an experienced collector of Ancient Egyptian faience and has focused his collection since 1993 around the Amarna Period, in particular. He is a member of the British Egyptological Society, a Friend of the Petrie Museum in London, and has studied Ancient Egyptian Language at Liverpool University in the UK.
In recent years, he has traced the origins of several old UK collections, in particular, the whereabouts of pieces given as gifts to members of the Egypt Exploration Fund and Society at the turn of last century and before. One object worthy of note that came from this collector was recently published in the January/February 2006 issue of Minerva Magazine (please see Volume 17, #1. Article entitled: "From Pharaohs to Emperors: Egyptian, Near Eastern & Classical Antiquities at Emory - Peter Lacovara and Jasper Gaunt"). The object published was a fabulous, polychrome faience rosettes necklace. It now forms part of the permanent collections at the Michael C. Carlos Museum (Emory) at Atlanta, GA, USA.
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Large, Ancient Egyptian Terracotta Harpocrates Statue
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Pre AD 1000 item# 542500 (stock# EA-61106h)
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Wallis Gallery of Antiquities
Tel. 1-416-817-9291
REDUCED!! - $399
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Harpocrates derives from the Egyptian falcon-god Horus. He is the Greco-Roman version of Horus-the-child, son of Isis and Osiris. Harpocrates was a protector of children and believed to possess the magical powers of Isis. These figures were often placed in temples as votive offerings. Horus (Egyptian Har), was the Hellenistic god known to Greeks as Harpocrates (in Egyptian Har-pa-khered which meant "Har, the Child”). Harpocrates, represents the first strength of the winter sun, and the image of flowering plant life. Egyptian figures which represent the child Horus as a naked child with his finger to his lips are indicative of the hieroglyphic for "child", and is unrelated to the modern gesture for "silence". Misunderstanding this sign, later Roman poets made Harpocrates the God of secrecy and silence.
This piece is free-standing and measures 7.75" tall.
Condition: Intact and choice.
This piece is consigned from a very reputable collection. Provenance provided to purchaser. Due to consignment, this lot will be shipped at the expense of the purchaser via desired means and at cost.
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