Here you find a beautiful ancient calcite hand. Has three holes for pegs (similar to wooden hands affixed to coffins). This would be a man's hand with very good detail on all five fingers. Small chip on tip of thumb. Has some glue on the back as was on a modern mount. Dates to the 1st to 4th century AD. Measure 4.25 inches in lenght.
A nice "dummy" or "false" limestone canopic jar! Shows nice workmanship even though the tradition of using Canopic jars for the organs started to cease by this period as the organs were being wrapped and placed back into the body. Sometimes these "dummy" Canopic jars were placed in a Canopic box and other times they were placed within holes in the floor. This example is intact said for missing section to one side as seen in the photo. Made of a single piece of limes ...click for details
Sculpted in sunk relief with the deceased reclining on a funeral bed within an aedicula with a triangle pediment, the figure wearing a tunic and mantle, his face turned frontal, holding a two-handled cup in his right hand and a bolt of cloth in his left. Measure ...click for details
Intact shabti mould in clay, measures 3.5 inches. Has hieroglyphic impression. Terracotta statues or shabtis could be mass produced using moulds such as this one, which allowed rapid production at low cost. ...click for details
Here you find a beautiful stone Apis bull in a striding forward position with the left leg forward to the other. This bull is wearing a solar disk fronted by a uraeus, the bull is also showing genitalia. His body marked with incised decoration of winged eagles ...click for details
From a life sized statue, preserving the front portion of the foot, the weight originally on the toes, the now-missing heel raised, wearing a trochas, the wide tasseled lingual covering the criss-crossed straps, the toes naturalistically rendered. 6 ¼ (15.9 cm) long.
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We are pleased to offer this very interesting ancient alabaster egg from Egypt. This egg was most likely part of a larger vessel or offering piece. Intact and measure 5.3 cm in length with some deposits and pitting of surface.
Provenance: D.K. Berlin, 1970
For a similar example see: Fox, Penelope: Tutankhamun's Treasure pub. Cumbe ...click for details
