A beautiful faience ushabti with deep turquoise color for "Nes-Min". It comes from a now well known cache reportedly discovered near Saqqara in the 1940's. The ushabti displays a single row of clear and distinct hieroglyphs down the front, along with the pick and hoe typical of the period for work in the afterlife. Fully intact with no repairs or restoration. 4 1/4" in height. Dates from Late Period Egypt, ca. 664-323 B.C.

A museum quality atef crown piece, comprised of a feather of the goddess Ma'at, which rests on a ram's horn, flanked by a single uraeus. Finely cast in bronze, the piece was originally gilded in gold, portions of which are still present. The piece is quite large, being 8" in height. It would originally have been part of a large atef crown and the two tangs for attachment are intact and undamaged. There is no sign of repair or restoration and beautiful red cuprite and green malachite deposits are visible. Dates to Late Period Egypt, ca. 664-323 B.C.

A finely crafted Egyptian bronze Osiris figure, with a deep green patina. Depicted mummiform, with a pleasant facial expression, wearing the atef crown with plumes, false beard, arms crossed, emerging from a tightly-fitted burial shroud with hands grasping the crook and flail. Late Period, 712-323 B.C.. 3 1/2 inches in height. Fully intact with two suspension loops. Ex. Arteprimitivo, NYC, 2004.

Intricately cast bronze with horizontal tangs for attachment to the central part of the atef crown, a horn along the base supporting both the plume and a uraeus with solar disk headdress, the fronts of both recessed to have taken inlays, now missing. If you'll observe the picture enlargements closely, you can see beautiful, deep red cuprite and green malachite deposits which are so desirable in the ancient bronzes. Professionally conserved. 6 1/2" tall without the included custom base. Late Period, Ca. 600 B.C.- Ex. Howard Nowes Ancient Art, NYC

A large example of the ancient Egyptian Wedjat, representing the eye of the Egyptian Falcon God Horus. The piece is made of white faience with brown glass accents for the eyebrow and pupil. Intact and measuring 36mm in length. Includes a custom lucite mount for display.

A wooden lintel from a Ptah-Soker Shrine, with nine ureaus serpents, each wearing a sun disk. Geometric decorations below. Colors include black, ochre, white and blue. Length is 10 ½" overall. Both end tenons intact. Late Period, 712 - 323 BC. Ex. Malter Galleries, California.

A shabti fragment from what was once a large and spectacular New Kingdom piece. The fragment itself is just over 4 inches in height. It is inscribed with horizontal lines of inscriptions around the body as well as one vertical line on the back side. The text reads, in part, "The Illuminated One, the Osiris, Karo, True of Voice (chapter six, book of the dead follows). The shape and style is consistent with the ushabtis of Seti I, and is believed to come from the same workshop. Please reference a detailed description of this particular piece on shabticollections.com by Niek de Haan. Ex. Helios Gallery, Ex. Niek de Haan.

Beautiful, finely carved, Egyptian Pectoral Scarab, dating from the Late Period, ca. 712-332 B.C. Crafted in fine limestone. Originally blue in color, with traces of the blue pigment remaining. Six holes around the perimeter are placed for attachment to the mummies linen. Includes a museum grade display mount. A large example at 4.8 cm. Ex- Private California Collection.

Middle Kingdom Stele, sculpted in monumental sunken relief. Displays the lower half of an inscription traditional to the period which reads "One who is in the heart of his lord". The "lord" referred to would be the Pharaoh. The meaning of the phrase "in the heart of" is "confidant," so the whole phrase would mean "A confidant of the Pharaoh." An example of the entire inscription can be seen in one of the picture enlargements, which shows the same inscription in honor of a noble named "Ipi", who served the Pharaoh Nebtauira Montuhotep IV during the 11th Dynasty of the Middle Kingdom. The stele shows beautifully with a white washed surface and is displayed on a custom mount, measuring 12" x 11" with mount. Provenance: Ex. Secret Eye Collection, NYC., 1977, Ex. Arte Primitivo, Howard Rose Gallery.

Beautifully carved and detailed scarab in green and black serpentine stone, dating from the Egyptian 2nd Intermediate Period, 1759-1539 B.C., Intact and in choice condition. 14.5 mm in length. Ex. Lodge Antiquities, UK.

Shabtis from the second cache found at Deir El Bahri have proven to be some of the most highly sought after by collectors. Offered here is a beautiful example for the Lady "Tent-Ipet". Her outer coffin, inner coffin and mummy cover are located in the Cairo Museum. The coffin glyphs reveal her title to be "Chief of the Second Choir of Chantresses of Amun". She is beleived to be the wife of "Padi-Amun, the Second Prophet of Amun", whose shabtis were also found in the second cache at Deir el Bahri. The glyphs on the shabti front translate: "The Osiris, Tent-Ipet". The shabti is 8cm in height, being intact, save for the chip seen at the bottom of the right foot. Ex. collection of Jean Hensen, collected between 1910 and 1920.

A beautiful necklace of cobalt blue faience tube beads, Egyptian Late Period, ca.664 - 30 BC, handsomely strung with two modern lotus-shaped elements and a silver clasp. Design is a single strand splitting into six strands with nice effect. Length 18 1/2". An attractive necklace with extremely high quality faience beads. Ex. Malter Galleries, California.