Flat-backed, stucco head of a man, wearing a notched wig, prominent ears, and with remains of facial details. Ptolemaic Period, 300-100 B.C. 5 inches high. Mounted. Losses as shown. From an old NYC collection. Ex. Harmer Rooke Galleries.
Steatite amulet of the bow-legged dwarf god, with defined toes, standing on crocodiles, hands grasping serpents, with defined facial details, horus falcons behind ears, wearing an elaborate crown and an inscribed winged isis on the back. Late Period, 600-32 B.C. 2 inches high. Intact. Ex. Belgian art market, early 1980's.
Fine limestone relief fragment in sunk relief. Depicting a lady with a long wig, wearing the wax cone on her head, with her arms extended, holding food on an offering table. Remains of another female figure to her left and remains of an inscription. New Kingdom, 19th/20th Dynasty, 1295-1069 B.C. 5 inches high X 5 1/2 inches wide. From an old British collection, acquired during the 1970s on the London art market.
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
An ancient Egyptian limestone bust of a young girl. Wearing an elaborate tripartite hairstyle, with widening hair starting from the top of her head down to her neck. On her back, her hair is divided into three long plaits. Traces of original pigment. 2 inches high. XII-XIII Dynasty, 1963-1650 B.C. From an old French collection. For similar, see Pharaohs and Mortals, Egyptian Art In The Middle Kingdom, Fitzwilliam Museum Exhibition, April 19-June 26, 1988, #118.
Offering tables were an important part of every tomb. Intended to receive the offerings brought to the tomb by the relatives of the deceased or in their names by the mortuary priest. Channels were sometimes cut into the stone for oils and other liquid offerings. This rectangular limestone offering table depicts two Hes vases in the center, in raised relief. The hieroglyphic text in sunk relief along the entire perimeter reads "God's father, prophet, Hem-ka priest ..., prophet of ..., pr ...click for details
Limestone New Kingdom shabti, depicted mummiform, with strong facial details, almond shaped eyes, with arms crossed,
well-defined fingers, and wearing a tripartite wig. 18th/19th Dynasty, 1550-1213 B.C. 5 3/4 inches high. Intact with remains of polychrome. Mounted. From an old Belgian collection.
A rare open work Eye of Horus, with plain back, the drop and spiral turned into a falcon's leg, added human eye and ureaus, lotus column on far left and standing on a reed mat. Third Intermediate Period, 1000-700 B.C. 2 1/8 inches wide X 1/2 inches high. Small chip made good on lower left corner and cobra neck repaired. From a Connecticut private collection. For a very close parallel in faience, see Carol Andrews, Amulets of Ancient Egypt, # 46a.
An ancient Egyptian limestone cobra goddess with partial inscription on plinth. Her hood is erect and her body undulates behind in two large loops. Her eyes and mouth are clearly articulated and she wears a modius on her head. A now missing attribute would have been placed inside the modius. The inscription reads as an ideogram for the name Renenutet, the "nursing serpent," a cobra goddess whose cult was popular in Lower Egypt and in the region near Memphis during the New Kingdom. Simi ...click for details
A finely carved, complete falcon-headed canopic jar, depicting Qebehsenuef, who was the protector of the intestines. Late Period, 600-300 B.C. Head or stopper measures 4 1/4 inches high. Jar measures 7 1/2 inches high. Total height measures 11 1/8 inches. Remains of color. Small chip on rim and side of jar. Else, intact. Ex. P.A. collection, a UN diplomat, acquired in Egypt in 1970.
