A fine faience sistrum handle fragment depicting a Hathor head with bovine ears on front and back and a cobra on each side. Late Period, 600-400 B.C. 1 1/2 inches high X 1 1/2 inches wide. Intact as shown with remains of glaze. From an old Belgian private collection. One of the main cult objects associated with Hathor was the sistrum, a musical rattle. Its name is derived from the Greek, seiein, meaning "to shake". Music and dance were part of the worship of Hathor. She was also the go ...click for details
Colorful New Kingdom terracotta shabti, wearing a painted and molded bipartite wig (which has the appearance of one wig superimposed upon another), with painted details and decoration including the face, hoes, broad collar, seed basket, and vertical line of hieroglyphic inscription reading "The Osiris, Mesu, the justified or true of voice." 19th Dynasty, 1295-1069 B.C. 4 1/2 inches high. Repaired under arms. Ex. Dutch collection.
Deep blue faience amulet of the bow-legged dwarf god, Pataikos. Standing on an integral base, wearing a double plumed crown with a one half disk, pointed ears, hands grasping daggers on his pot belly and standing on crocodiles. Third Intermediate Period, 1070-700 B.C. 3 inches high. Repaired on neck. From a Belgian collection.
Egyptian faience amulet of the god Nefertum. Depicted striding, open work between legs, wearing a belted kilt, arms down along side of body, wearing a tripartite wig and false beard. Late Period, 700-32 B.C. 1 5/8 inches high. Crown gone. Ex. NYC collection. Nefertum was the Egyptian god of perfumes and aromatics and the god of the morning sun.
Blue faience figure of a squatting baboon. With prominent incised ears and strong facial details. Ptolemaic Period, 300-32 B.C. 1 3/8 inches high. Broken suspension loop and minor glaze wear on base. Ex. NYC collection. According to ancient Egyptian beliefs, Thoth in his personification as a baboon, was supposed to be the first to greet the rising sun in the early morning. Thoth was the god of wisdom and learning and was represented either as an ibis or as a baboon. He was also the god who inve ...click for details
A large figure of Isis nursing horus. Isis with slightly smiling facial expression, wearing a striated tripartite wig, wearing the disc crown with horns, seated on an elaborately decorated throne, Horus is seated on her lap, Isis' right hand offering her breast to nurse Horus. Late Period, 600-332 B.C. 3 7/8 inches high. Losses as shown. Repaired. From an old NYC collection.
Two ancient Egyptian faience amulets. Bes,known as a comic dwarf god that brings good luck and happiness to homes and Shu, the god of air, wind and the atmosphere. Late Period, 600-32 B.C. Both are 3/4 inch. Bes chipped on knee. Otherwise both are intact.
A gilded and painted cartonnage figure of Osiris. Depicted seated, wearing the atef-crown and false beard. A sceptre perched on his raised kness. His face, crown and sceptre gilded. Ptolemaic Period, 300 B.C. 2 3/4 inches high. Mounted. From a Belgian collection.
Striding goddess, wearing the crown consisting of the two components of her name in hieroglyphs, wearing a tripartite wig, defined breasts, hands straight down on her sides and wearing a tightly-fitted garment. Late Period, 600-300 B.C. 1.5 inches high. Intact. Pierced for suspension. Ex. NYC collection. Nephthys was the daughter of Seb and Nut, and the sister of Osiris, and Isis, and Set. She always appears as the faithful sister and friend of Isis, and helps the widowed goddess to collect th ...click for details
