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.
With carved facial details and hair grooved to receive diadem. Possibly depicting Ptolemy IV. 3rd/2nd Century B.C. 2 1/2 inches high. Ex. collection of President Marius Suzanne, Judge of the International Tribunal, Alexandria, 1905-1920. Similar heads are on exhibit in the Brooklyn Museum.
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
Alexandrian terracotta warrior figure, with thick curly hair and prominent facial details, holding a shield is his left hand, appears to be holding a sword in his right hand, pointed above his head, wearing a kilt and long flowing robe, possibly a toga, around his neck and down along side his back. 2nd/3rd Century A.D. 5.5 inches high. Repaired around the neck. Small upper portion above head and part of left hand gone. Old Belgian collection.
Fragmentary figure of Serapis. With thick wavy hair and thick beard. 2nd/3rd Century A.D. 3 inches high. Mounted. Old Belgian collection. Serapis was an Egyptian god whose devotees united the worship of the Apis bull and the god Osiris. His cult, which originated at Memphis, rose to its greatest significance at Alexandria during the reign of Ptolemy I.
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
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.
Depicted mummiform, with defined facial details, wearing a tripartite wig, arms crossed, hands grasping implements, fine line of vertical hieroglyphic text on front and back. Front inscription reads up till break "May there be the illuminated the Osiris Iry-iry, true of voice." the reverse reads up till break "if I should be called at anytime to do work." Late 18th Dynasty, 1350-1292 B.C. 7 inches high. Feet gone. Mounted. Canadian private collection.
Finely carved small limestone head of a man, wearing a notched wig, with well-defined details and pleasant facial expression. 6th Dynasty-Middle Kingdom, 2323-1640 B.C. 7/8 inch. Intact with traces of original pigment. Mounted. Ex. Belgian private collection.
With defined facial details, wearing a thick beard and long wavy hair. Hellenistic Period, 3rd/4th Century B.C. 1 1/2 inches high. Mounted. Ex. NYC collection.
