An Egyptian Mummy Coffin Fragment
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Pre AD 1000 item# 683185
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An Egyptian wooden panel from the front of a mummy coffin.
The piece comprises three panels joined together by their original wooden rods. There are four registers of decoration. The uppermost register shows the Weighing of the Heart scene from the Hall of Judgement; the second register shows a kneeling goddess with outstretched protective wings; the third register shows Anubis performing the final embalming ritual for the owner, who is portrayed lying on a funerary bier which takes the form of a lion, flanked by Isis and her sister Nepthys kneeling with hands raised in a gesture of mourning; the fourth register shows the solar boat with Duamutef, Qebsenuef, Imsety and Hapi (guardians of the viscera) on the deck, with Horus at the prow holding a spear; all four registers are within a border decorated with a checkered and triangle motif.
Dimensions 72 x 31 cm (irregular)
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An Egyptian Wood Chest Panel From A Mummy Coffin
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Pre AD 1000 item# 630720
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Wooden chest panel from a mummy coffin from Egypt's Third Intermediate period. Including the wooden proper left hand, with ending of the wig above. Falcon headed seated deity with feather of Maat on the head, and flail protruding from the body. Osiris with curled ram horns, sun disk, and plumes seated with an offering table before him. The arm of a figure (probably Thoth) to the right. Nephthys and probably her sister Isis (crown missing) standing behind. Wonderful vivid all original paint with no restoration. Many wooden pegs through out for connection to other sections. 30x26 cm. The piece is made from a sold piece of cedar which had to be imported in from Lebanon in ancient times, making it much rarer than the typical sycamore used in most mummy coffins. Thus assuring this coffin was made for a person of high status.
Comes with copy of original receipt from Mohamed Abdel-Rahim El-Shear antiquity merchant. License number 75, Cairo, Egypt June, 15th 1966.
For another example showing the upper part of a mummy coffin from the same period with both hands intact please see our item #481773 on our website.
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An Egyptian Large Very Fine Gilt Ptah-Sokar-Osiris
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Pre AD 1000 item# 585823
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We are pleased to offer this very fine large Ptah sokar Osiris. Very nice glyphs on front and back. Gilded face. Very nice face with almond eyes and a slight smile. A rare style in that it is in two halves, put together like a small mummy coffin with pegs. Traces of linen still remaining inside. Very large at 64 cm high! Gesso losses as shown. No restoration. Ex- Swiss collection formed in the 1960's and 70's. This piece is guaranteed authentic and as described. Information on the Ptah-Sokar-Osiris.......
The mummiform appearance and the crown of ostrich feathers, rams, and solar disk are fixed attributes of this syncretistic deity. The heavy tripartite wig and long curved beard are both emblems of divinity. Most noteworthy in the respect is the figurines finish with gold leaf over a coating of white gesso. Gold is not just precious material, it is a divine substance: according to the ancient Egyptians, the flesh of the gods was made of gold, and their bones of silver. Because gold does not corrode, it became a symbol of eternity and immortality. Its association with the sun and its revivifying rays also contributed to this symbolism. Thus, gold is most fitting material for figurines of divinities, particularly for such patrons of resurrection as Ptah-Sokar-Osiris.
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117: An Egyptian Polychrome Wood Panel from Coffin
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Pre AD 1000 item# 460905
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Painted in red, turquoise-blue, and black on a cream ground with four kneeling deities
( Souls of Pe?)facing left, one human-headed, the others falcon-headed, all wearing kilts, collars, and tripartite wigs, columns of inscription in the field.Very nice, large example of Egyptian art! 180.3 cm long by 37.2 cm high. Ex North American private collection assembled 1910-1932. Ex- Sotheby's
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