A large sandstone head of man. With slightly smiling expression, detailed short wavy hair, bulging almond shaped eyes and remains of back pillar. Ptolemaic period, 300-32 B.C. 10 inches high. 16 1/4 inches high with stand. Some losses with minor restoration to left side. Ex. Old NYC collection.
Glazed faience figure of the goddess, depicted striding, arms straight down on her side. Late Period, 600-300 B.C. 2 1/8 inches high. Intact with intact suspension loop. From an old New Jersey collection. Nephthys is revered as the head of the household of the gods, and her protection is given to the head woman of any house. Her name is given as a title to such women (literally translated it means "head of the house"). She also stands at the head of the bed to comfort women in childbir ...click for details
Finely carved steatite seated Isis wearing a striated tripartite wig, her feet with defined toes emerging from her tightly fitted garment, her right arm bent at the elbow, her right hand offering her breast to the baby Horus and her left hand supporting Horus' head. Horus sporting a thick elaborate sidelock, defined breasts and pudgey belly. Socket carved in the top of her head to hold her now missing crown. Late Period, 600-300 B.C. 4 inches high. Minor losses on back. Minor repair on botto ...click for details
Elaborate and tightly wrapped linen with tapered body, head shaped in the form of the falcon’s head, black and reddish brown painted facial and head details. Some normal age loss with very little fraying to body, losses to the reverse side and feet reattached. Ptolemaic Period, Ca. 330 B.C. 13 inches high. Ex. Private Florida collection.
Wearing a striated tripartite wig, arms crossed, hands grasping hoes, and with eleven lines of hieroglyphic text. Late Period, 600-400 B.C. 7 inches high. Repaired. Losses as shown. From an old private Belgian collection.
Finely detailed depiction of the god of the sun. With prominent facial details, full head of curly hair, pleated garment on shoulders and radiating spiked crown. 2nd/3rd Century. 1 1/2 inches in diameter. Intact. Ex. NYC collection. Helios was imagined as a handsome god crowned with the shining aureole of the sun. He drove the chariot of the sun across the sky each day to earth-circling Oceanus and through the world-ocean returned to the East at night.
Depicting two striding deities. Each figure wearing a kilt, wearing a disc crown and grasping a sceptre. 4 7/8 inches X 3 inches. Late Ptolemaic Period, 100-32 B.C. All original color. Framed. From a Belgian collection.
A striking silver gilt Roman bronze applique, depicting a bust of a youth inside a frame with incised border, with well-defined facial details,long incised wavy hair and wearing a garland around his neck. 2nd Century A.D. 3 3/4 inches X 3 3/4 inches. Ex. California private collection.
Gilded and polychrome Egyptian wood falcon. Ptolemaic Period, 300-50 B.C. 5 1/4 inches long. Some encrustations and minor losses. Ex. New Jersey private collection.
