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THE VENERABLE BAKA
Venerable lady whose name is already attested by a stele in the British Museum (472(298); HTBM VI, 1922, pl.45), attributed to Dynasty XVIII. The exceptionnal presence of an unguent cone on the funerary statuette has been dealt with in an article pubished in BIFAO 2006. Depicted as mummiform, with a tripartite wig surmounted by an unguent cone, the eyes Wood andpigments. Height: 22.5 cm. XVIIIème dynastie. Provenance: former private collection. Publication: Rickal(E). Quand les shaouabtys embaument. - Mélanges Neveu, BIFAO 2006. See: Cherpion(N.), Les "cônes" aromatiques. Dans L'Egypte, Parfums d'histoire. Somogy, Paris 2003. |
OUSHEBTIS’ CHEST OF LADY DIIESTHEBSED
Description :Oushebtis’ chest belonging to Lady Diiesthebsed, singer of the Amon sanctuary. Datation : Ancient Egypt art. Third intermediate period Stuccoed and painted wood. Dimensions: 15,7 x 31 x 21,3 cm. Provenance:Ex. collection of Mr. Joseph Nestor. Bruxelles. Bibliography: Aubert (J.-F.) & (L.), Statuettes égyptiennes. Chaouabtis, Ouchebtis. Paris, 1974.
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STATUETTE REPRESENTING THE GOD ANTHROPOZOMORPH THOT-IBIS STANDING, IN THE WALKING ATTITUDE.
Provenance : Old collection of Comtesse de R. Acquired in the sixties.
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MUMMY’ PLASTREON MASK REPRESENTING AN ANCIENT EGYPT WOMAN'S CHEST. She is wearing a striped tunic and is orned with a necklace bearing a moon-shaped pendant. Her hairstyle is made of plant fibres. She also wears a beautiful crown. Her left hand rests on her chest. Uraeus’ friezes are painted on its sides, representing scenes of adoration for the solar discus and Horus, performed by Goddesses Isis and Nepthis. On top, a falcon, its wings wide spread, is represented with majesty. Material : stuccoed painted cloth; and plant fibres for the hairs. Height: 55 cm. Datation: Ancient Egypt art. 2nd to 3rd Century.
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LARGE EGYPTIAN WOODEN SARCOPHAGUS BUST. Material : Wood, bronze and stuc. Contact us - Back to catalog |
FRAGMENT of the BOOK OF THE DEAD.
Piece of a papyrus roll with the end of the chapter 124 of 'The Book of Coming Forth By Day'. Contact us - Back to catalog |
HEAD OF A DIGNITARY. Sculpture on Quartzite . Datation: Late 18th-early 19th Dynasties,c.1300 BC. Height : 137 mm Provenance:Old collection of "Lady Leverhulme", Port Sunlight. For comparaison, see : Vandier, Manuel d' archéologie égyptienne, vol III, pl, CLII/6 Contact us - Back to catalog |
FUNARY STELE of DJED-HATHOR-ES-ANKH Limestone Datation: Egypt. Ptolemaïc period Height : 33,4cm - Width: 24,5cm Legends in french from right to the left : "L' Osiris Djed-Hathor-es-änkh" "Osiris qui preside à l' Occident" "Harsiesis" "Isis" "Anubis" Translation of the five hieroglyphics lines : (1) Offrande que donne le roi à Osiris qui préside à l' Occident, le grand Dieu, Anubis qui préside au pavillon du dieu, préposé aux bandelettes, seigneur de la nécropole.(2) pour qu' il accorde l' offrande invocatoire, pains,bières,bovidés,vollailles,encens,huiles,végétaux, toute chose bonne et pure (3)que donne le ciel, que crée la terre ou qu' apporte la crue de sa caverne, ce dont vit un Dieu (4)pour le "ka" de l' Osiris, la musicienne....d' Hathor dame de Denderah, Djed-Hathor-es-änkh juste de voix, (5) fille du prêtre sehepep-hem.es, prêtre hem-hor et quatrième prophête Nes-paoutyou ?, qu' a conçue la maitresse-de-maison et musicienne....d' Hathor Meret-it ?. Contact us - Back to catalog |
A VERY RARE SCARAB OF HEART.
Material: Stéatite, red jasper and blue and red glass. The plate of the piece is carved of six lines of hieroglyphs from the book of the dead, chapter XXXB. The details of the back of the sacred symbol are made of blue and red glass sculpted by egyptian glassmaker in a closed mould. It indicates the owner of the piece was certainly an important dignitary of the royal court. Contact us - Back to catalog |