Catalog: Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Egyptian: Faience (8)

An Egyptian faience shabti for Horet-Ha. Depicted mummiform, wearing a tripartite wig and false beard, hands holding hoes and seed sack suspended over his left shoulder. 26th Dynasty, 664–525 BC, 5 7/8th inches high. Intact. Mounted. From an old New Jersey private collection.

Faience shabti for Hathor-em-achet. Depicted mummiform, with hands emerging from tightly fitting garment, wearing the false beard and seed sack strung over his left shoulder. 30th Dynasty, 380-340 B.C. Small chip on nose. Otherwise, intact. From a Manhattan, NYC estate. For similar, see photo of reference.

Faience ushabti for Horpenaset. Depicted mummiform, wearing a tripartite wig and beard. With pleasant, well defined, facial details, with arms crossed and hands emerging from tightly-fitted garment, hands holding hoes and seed sack behind the left shoulder. A T-shaped column of incised text at the front reads: "Illuminate the Osiris, Horpenaset, born of Asetshesen". 30th Dynasty, 365 -332 B.C. 4 3/8 inches high. Intact. Mounted. From an old New Jersey collection.

An ancient Egyptian faience shabti for Psamtik. Standing on an integral plinth against an inscribed back pillar, with prominent facial details, depicted mummiform with the arms crossing his chest, his hands emerging from his tightly fitting garment, holding hoes, a seed sack over his left shoulder, wearing a tripartite headcloth and a braided beard. 4 inches high. Repaired. Purchased on the Belgian art market. Said to be from an old German collection.

Finely detailed amulet of Hatmehyt. Depicted seated, wearing the fish crown, with finely-modelled facial details, wearing a striated, tripartite wig, arms along side and bent at the elbows. A vertical line of hieroglyphic text on the back. 3 inches high. Mounted. Late Period, 600-300 B.C. Chip on crown and part of feet restored. From an old New Jersey private collection. Ex. Royal Athena gallery. Hatmehyt was a goddess of life and protection...

An ancient Egyptian deep blue faience scarab, inscribed with a beetle (kheper) and flail. New Kingdom, 1550 –1070 3/4 inch. Intact.

Ancient Egyptian blue faience scarab ensemble. Comprising of the beetle scarab in the center, flanked by the faïence wings. Late Period, 600-400 B.C. Scarab measures 2 inches long X 1 1/4-inch wide, left-wing measures 2 inches wide, right-wing measures 1 3/4 inches wide with small chip on tip. Scarab and wings not part of an original set. From an old French collection.

Depicting a figure seated on his haunches, his legs spread apart, his testicles indicated toward the right to accommodate his enormous phallus which rises up the left side of his body and rests on the top of his head, his left hand supporting his phallus. 1 3/4 inches high. Late Period to Ptolemaic period, 664-30 B.C. Imperfections as shown...