Egyptian Faience Yellow Flower Amulet 1,2 cm

Faience is a glazed ceramic known for producing bright colours, especially blues, turquoises and greens. It is produced from quartz or sand crystals mixed with other compounds and can be cast into moulds to create beads or amulets like these ones. Faience gimmers in the light and was believed by the Egyptians to represent rebirth and immortality...

A wonderful bronze head of a Duck (fragment), Egyptian, ca. 2nd.-1st. millenium BC.

Extremely elongated beak and details of mouth, eyes, nostrils and feathers on the head, finely engraved.

Size: 5 cm.

Attractive style with a fine dark green patina.

Ex. Swedish Private Collection.

Shabti for The Beloved God's Father, the wab-priest, the Chief of the Scribes, Amen-hotep

A parallel was sold by Puhze Gallery cat. 16 no 282. There is also a similar example in the Louvre

Origin: Egypt

Period: New Kingdom, 21th Dynasty,

Date: c. 1075 - 945 B.C

Material: Fayence

Dimension: 12,5 cm...

A fascinating ancient Egyptian Scarab, c. 1200 BC, from the famous Mitry collection (see our Homepage). It is 11/16” long (17 mm) and made of steatite, an easy-to-carve stone that hardens when heated. Scarabs empowered life and resurrection and were often placed under mummy wrappings to protect the body and to help it resurrect. This Scarab comes in a jewelry display cup.

A pair of ancient pendant from the Egyptian late-Ptolemaic Period, after 600 BC.

Both amulets are pierced horisontically to be worn as pendants. One is of the seated Bastet as a Cat (2,1 cm.), the other is a head of a human god or Pharao (2,5 cm.).

Wonderful small lot!

Ex. Old Private Collection

Attractive detailed Lion Amulet, New Kingdom-late period, 1070-330 BC.

Depicting a crouching lion with large mane in torquise faiance.

Size: 26 mm. long.

Ex Old 1960's-1970s private collection

A very good quality Ancient Egyptian turquoise faience Wadjet Eye, Amulet. Late Dynastic Period, 26th Dynasty 664-525 B.C.

Very high-quality artwork with fine incised details, notched feathered eyebrow, raised pupil, rear spiral and ribbed drop...

Green glazed steatite scarab with cartouche of Neb-maat-Re (Amenophis III) and Sphinx 1,5 cm.

18. Dynastie (ca 1400-1350 BC)

Condition: look at pictures

If you are interested, feel free to send me a offer a.v.d.b@egyptian-artefacts.de

This is a beautiful lapis lazuli scarab, 1/2" (13 mm) long. It is a particularly fine piece of lapis. It came from R. Box, a retired police inspector in Oxford, UK, in 1995.

A lovely blue ancient Egyptian Scarab, more than 2,300 years old, from the famous Mitry collection (see our Homepage). It is 7/16” long (11 mm) and made of steatite, an easy-to-carve stone that hardens when heated. Scarabs empowered life and resurrection and were often placed under mummy wrappings to protect the body and to help it resurrect. This Scarab comes in a jewelry display cup...

A nice large/thick faience Ushabti, Third Intermediate Period, 21/22th dynasty (ca 1085-713BC)

A blue-green faience shabti, wearing the headband and two hoes. Inscribed with clear hieroglyphs at the lower front. Details are added in black.

Size: 128 mm. tall.

Condition: Near very fine, intact but with hairline reattached feet and some minor losses and corrosion with much uncleaned deposits.

Ex. Cristian Spinu Collection, Ex...

A lovely ancient Egyptian/Hyksos Scarab, c. 1550 BC, from the famous Mitry collection (see our Homepage). It is 3/4” long (19 mm) and made of steatite, an easy-to-carve stone that hardens when heated. Scarabs empowered life and resurrection and were often placed under mummy wrappings to protect the body and to help it resurrect. This Scarab comes in a jewelry display cup. This is a particularly fine scarab; even the eye is defined...

Ptah-Soker-Osiris. Wood, gesso ,paint, gold gilt. Wooden base is modern. Dimensions without base. Height 24 inches, 61cm width 7 inches, 18cm

Tahenetdjehuty – tA-Hnt-DHwty Type 2

Bab el-Gasus Shabtis - Cache II - Tomb of the Priests of Amun.

Also known as Tahenetnebkhemenu – tA-Hnt-nb-xmnw

The name means ‘The one who is protected by Toth

Daressy suggests that Tahenetdjehuty is from the Bab el Gasus Cache and is the same person as Tahenetnebkhemenu, see Estatuetas funerárias Egípcias da XXI dinastia, pg. 417-418. See also Liliane Aubert pg...

Ancient egypt Dove - shaped bird made of blue glass with white threads

See Corning, Smith Coll. 1957, no. 512

Origin: Egypt

Period: 8th - 10th Dynasty

Material: Glass

Dimension: H 4.2 cm, L 10 cm...

Nubian painted terracotta sarcophagus mask. With prominent facial details. Circa @ 300 B.C. Mounted. 16 X 13 inches. with frame, 26 inches X 21 inches. Ex. Ye Olde Curiosity Shop, South Orange, New Jersey. Said to have been purchased from an old New Jersey estate.

Tentipet – Tnt-ipt Worker

Bab el-Gasus Shabtis - Cache II - Tomb of the Priests of Amun...

This is an ancient Egyptian Scarab, c. 1250 BC, from the famous Mitry collection (see our Homepage). It is 5/8” long (16 mm) and made of steatite, an easy-to-carve stone that hardens when heated. Scarabs empowered life and resurrection and were often placed under mummy wrappings to protect the body and help it resurrect. This Scarab comes in a jewelry display cup. It was chipped by the artisan maker, who then used glaze to lock the piece back in place when it was fired.