A nice figure, Coptic, Egypt, 1st. century BC - 1st. century AD.
Attractive female idol carved from a hollowed-out bone. The face is dominated by huge, round eyes and a small nose and mouth. The artist has also carved a round belly and female genitals.
Size: 66 mm.
Ex. Danish Private Collection.
Here's 4 nice pendant in Carnelian and glass, 1st. millenium BC - 100 AD.
Note the nice pair of glass birds with iridescence and also the carnelian floral bead.
Size: 1,6 cm. max.
Ex. Old Private Collection, aquired before 1980s.
Ancient Egyptian Faience Bes Plaque
A nice dark green faience amulet with the head of the God Bes in a round open-worked plaque with a hole for suspending. Three feathers of his tiara, his eyebrows and the pupils with traces of black pigment...
Rare ancient Egyptian opaque blue glass pendant in the shape of a pomegranate with yellow and white details.
For comparable amulets see:
Louvre Museum, Paris, E 2284 ; AF 2600 and N 1850 ; AF 2312
British Museum, London, EA48064 and EA68538
Petrie Museum UC22890
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Accession Number: 11.215.446
Date: Egypt, New Kingdom, 18th - 20th Dynasty, ca. 1570 - 1070 B.C.
Material: Glass
Size: ca...
Fine Egyptian bone carving of a Fish with nice details of scales and head, Egypt, 1st. millenium BC.
Size: c. 5 cm. long.
Condition: Fine-VF, with minor losses to tip of tail and head.
Ex. Old German collection, aquired in the 1980s.
This is a lovely ancient Egyptian Scarab, c. 1200 BC, from the famous Mitry collection (see our Homepage). It is 1/2” long (13 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.
A lovely ancient Egyptian Scarab, c. 1070 or older, from the famous Mitry collection (see our Homepage). It is 9/16” long (14 mm) and made of faience. Scarabs empowered life and resurrection and were often placed under mummy wrappings to protect the body and to help it resurrect. Pictured on the bottom are images of vulture goddess Mut, and an Ankh. This Scarab comes in a jewelry display cup.
This is a fine ancient Egyptian Scarab, 1200 BC, 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 help it resurrect. This Scarab comes in a jewelry display cup. The bottom is a scarab pushing up the sun, with cobras on either side.
A large two-colored Egyptian eye of Horus amulet. Made of turquoise glazed composite, the pupil and eyebrows accentuated in dark brown. Dating c. to the 22nd to 25th Dynasties, 946 - 657 B.C. Condition: traces of age. Dimension: c. 3.3 cm long, 2 cm high, 0.5 cm thick.
This is a copper alloy dagger or short sword. It has an interesting patina consisting primarily of light to medium green tones (likely malachite) mottled with red and reddish brown areas (likely copper oxides). There are areas where the deep brown, lightly corroded base metal is still visible and somewhat lustrous.
The entire hilt, including the crescent-shaped pommel, is bordered by a thick and even ridge which would have served to contain the grip scales made of bone, wood, or ivory...
Rare fragment of a large faience sistrum. The fragment is the upper part
of a large faience sistrum with two hawks above side by side bearing the sun disk.
It is seldom to find a sistrum which is surmounted with gods or sacred animals.
A sistrum with a similar upper part is in the Eaton College Myer Collection (ECM1693), see last picture.
Date: Egypt,Third Intermediate Period, ca. 22. Dynasty, circa 945 - 715 B.C.
Material: Faience
Size: width ca. 6,1 cm, high ca...
Nice ancient Egyptian cartonnage fragments with column of hieroglyphic text.
These three cartonnage fragments have an interesting and old provenance. They come from the Commandeur Marius Cazeneuve (1839-1913, he was a French stage magician,
who became a close friend of the queen of Madagascar, Ranavalona III) collection;
he got a lot of antiquities from his friend, the noted Egyptologist and Director of the
Cairo Museum, Gaston Maspero...
The Eye of Horus/Wedjat was the most inclusive and important ancient Egyptian symbol. It symbolized Horus vs. Seth; life vs. death; good vs. evil; Egyptians vs. foreigners; Egypt; the White, Red, and Double Crowns; a plow; cobra; scorpion; throne; boat; horns; both eyes; female vs. male, the Sun and Moon, and more – see Ancient Egyptian Symbols: 50 New Discoveries abridged...
This is a really rare ancient Egyptian green glazed scaraboid of a dwarf.
The underside incised with motif of four intertwined uraei.
For similar dwarf scaraboid see:
The Walters Art Museum, Accession Number 42.50
Date: Egypt, New Kingdom, 19th - 20th Dyn., ca 1293-1070 B.C.
Material: glazed steatite
Size: ca. 1,2 cm; c...
An 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.
Ancient Egyptian Faience Hare Amulet
This is a very rare Egyptian amulet in the form of a hare.
The amulet is mounted on a wooden 1920’s collectors base which is inscribed:
„Hare, sacred to Osiris“.
It is a seldom opportunity to find an amulet in this good quality and then also attached
to such an old stand.
For more detail pictures please contact me.
For similar hare amulet see:
- The Metropolitan Museum, Accession Number: 89.2.303 and 44.4.25
- Art Inst...
Massive faiance figure in the shape of a fish, 19th. dynasty, 1292-1203 BC.
A museum quality sculpture of a Tilapia nilotica fish which is commonly found in the Nile River. This fish was greatly loved by the ancient Egyptians and it was used as a decorative motif on a variety of materials including stone, ceramics and glass...
An ancient Egyptian Scaraboid, more than 2,300 years old, from the famous Mitry collection (see our Homepage). It is 3/8” long (9 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.
