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.

Provenance: Gustave Jequier (1868-1946)

Late 2nd Millennium BC

For similar figures see the "Syro-Palestinian" Group, Negbi, Canaanite Gods in Metal.

Nice little ancient Greek pottery miniature trefoil oinochoe from the Greek colony of Apulia in Southern Italy. This style of pottery is known as Xenon and is characterized by the orange and reddish pigment on a blackware base. This piece measure 3 inches in height and is intact said for some mineral deposits. Dates to circa 375-350 B.C.

Provenance: Private German collection.

ANCIENT EGYPTIAN SEATED BRONZE OSIRIS FIGURE

LATE PERIOD TO PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 664-30 B.C...

AN EGYPTIAN LIMESTONE FUNERARY STELE

ROMAN PERIOD, CIRCA 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.

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...

AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE SISTRUM

LATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXVI-XXX, 664-343 B.C.

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 her characteristic wig, two uraei on either side of her head, a rectangular cobra modius above her hear where the arch joins the handle...

ANCIENT EGYPTIAN DIORITE JAR

EARLY DYNASTIC PERIOD, DYNASTY II-III 2770-2575 BC.

Here you find a squat conical jar with a slightly flattened base, the disk rim undercut on the exterior, with two false lug handles on the shoulders. Had a fracture however professionally repaired and only visible to the naked eye from the inside. Measures 6 1/8 inches wide (15.6cm).

Provenance: Collected by Gustave Jéquier (1868-1946)

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Here you find a very large faience double-sided Eye of Horus. Pierced for suspension. The Eye of Horus is an ancient Egyptian symbol of protection and power and it represents the right eye of the Egyptian falcon god, Horus. As the "udjat" it also represented the sun and was therefore associated with the Sun god Ra. The mirror image or left eye represented the moon and the god Tehuti or Thoth. Dates to circa the Late Period and measures 3.6 inches in width...

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 fragment of a terracotta handle in the form of Isis and Horus child. Isis is wearing the sun disk enclosed by a pair of cow's horns. The most common divine headdresses are cow horns and solar disks for the leading goddesses of the pantheon, such as Hathor and Isis, emphasizing their maternal role. Nice artifact which measures 3 inches and dates to the Late Period.

Provenance: Collected by Gustave Jéquier (1868-1946)

EGYPTIAN TERRACOTTA FIGURE OF HARPOKRATES

LATE PERIOD TO PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 664-30 B.C

Here you find a lovely terracotta figure of the god Harpocrates, wearing the crown of Upper and Lower Egypt. This figure also has his left hand in a pot, like the cornucopia a symbol of abundance. These terracotta clay figures were often placed in temples as votive offerings...

ANCIENT EGYPTIAN COPTIC TERRACOTTA OF WOMAN-Gustave Jequier

Nice terracotta figure of a stylized women that is of Coptic origin. As with most Coptic are we find influence from many cultures. This artifact measures 5.95 inches is well preserved with reddish wash.

Originally the term "Copt" referred to the native people who lived in Egypt (opposed to the Arabs or Greeks) who invaded Egypt. The term later became a religious one referring to Christian Egyptians...

TWO ANCIENT EGYPTIAN TERRACOTTA HEADS

LATE PERIOD TO PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 664-30 B.C.

Two small terracotta heads of Harpokrates, one wearing an Atef crown and the other wearing the "youthful" customary sidelock. Both holding forefingers to their mouths and one holding the club of Herakles.

Harpokrates was the son of Osiris and Isis and was born in the papyrus marshes of Chemmis in the northern Delta...