Two uraei, in frontal view and joined together at the height of their bodies and at the solar disk. Statuette amulet showing nice details of the serpents'. On the front we find six alveoli, and solar disks which were meant to be filled with faience or glass paste, some of which is still present. Has what appears to be a suspension loop on the back. Dates to the Late period and measures 1.5" inches in height. Great condition! ...click for details
Ancient Bronze amulet representing the Apis bull, standing in a walking position. On his head are the horns, the solar disc and the uraeus, and there is a suspension loop on the back. Has a nice patina and dates to the Late Period. Measures 1"inch in height. Very nice piece!
While it was alive the Apis bull was regarded as the Ba of Ptah and its sanctuary was near the temple of Ptah in Mennefer. The sanctuary ...click for details
Syro-Palestinian bronze goddess wrapped in a snake. Standing with her arms around here waist and one holding on to the snake. Figure standing straight with breasts showing and wearing a conical crown. Has a nice patina and 100% intact. Measures 3.5 inches in height.
An exquisite seated Osiris, depicted mummiform, the fisted hands emerging from beneath his vestment and crossing his chest, holding a crook and a flail, wearing a plaited false beard curved out at its tip, the plumed atef crown fronted by a uraeus ...click for details
The arch with four perforations on each side for attachment of the cross bars, surmounted by a recumbent Bastet in the form of a feline, her litter of two kittens before her, flanking a falcon, the handle with back to back busts of Hathor, the patron of music, wearing ...click for details
This appears to be an egyptian bronze crown fragment with one large uraeus cobra and one cow horn remaining. There seem to be 10 smaller uraei surrounding the main mount. Measures 4.25 inches in height and dates to the Late Period. May be from a large figure or actual crown.
Provenance: Collected by Gustave Jéquier (1868-1946)
Here you find a section of a pectoral with eight Uraei or Uraeuses. These stylized upright cobras are lined up in a horizontal postion. Good patina and in great condition. Measures 5.5 inches.
Here you find an a bronze feather element from a royal headdress, flanked with two Uraeus serpents wearing a sun disc. Constitutes the right side of a royal Hem-em-het or Atef crown for a statue. This section of the crown integrates the feather of justice, the horn of the ram (a traditional breed of ram with long wavy horns which disappeared after the middle kingdom), and the cobra-uraeus ‘defender of Egypt’ with a solar disk. The solar disks show traces of inlay work. A nice striated horizontal ...click for details
A seated Harpokrates, depicted nude, wearing a striated names-headcloth surmounted by ram horns and fronted by a uraeus, his right hand raised to his mouth, his fee atop an integral plinth. Measures 4.9 inches with stand. ...click for details
