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Necklace of Jasmine blossom whith faience blue and turquoise tubular beads.
Lenght : 60 cm |
Bronze statuette reprsenting the falcon God "Horus". Description : The God is represented in majesty, wearing the double crown of lower and upper Egypt. The remixes and plumage of the holy animal are finley engraved. Datation : XXVI dynasty (Circa 664-525 B.C). Height : 13 cm Provenance : ex private collection. Contact us - Back to catalog |
Bronze statuette representing the God"Ptah". Description : The mummyform God is represented bearing his traditionnal skullscalp and a pastiche beard. He holds the “ouas” sceptre with both hands. Datation : XXVI dynasty (Circa 664-525 B.C). Height : 12 cm Commentary : beautiful patina. Provenance : French private collection. Contact us - Back to catalog |
EGYPTIAN WOOD FEMALE FIGURE OF OLD KINGDOM. Height: 46 cm. Position : Standing. Datation : Ancien Empire (2700-2160 avant J-C). Material : Wood & Stuc (carbonate de calcium) with polychromy red and also black on the wig. Provenance : Old private collection. Certificat du Ministère de la culture : N° 081397 du 06/04/2006. Certificat d' Analyse N° 0306-0A-03B CIRAM résutat affirmatif et compatible avec l' ancienneté de l' oeuvre et l' époque. Quatre prélèvement éffectués à des endroits divers et éloignés, stuc et polychromie. Réf : 585. Figure such as this were placed in the tomb as a substitute for the spirit ton inhabit. While the mummified body remained concealed from view in the burial chamber, the disembodied ka-spirit could enter the chapel to receive offerings of food and drink. The Ka, however, required a physical form in which to reside in order to be nourished.The statue fulfilled this need, and could also act as a reserve body for eternity in case the mummy should decompose or be destroyed. For a very similar comparaison : Painted wood female statue in the British Museum EA55161 ; Also please read and look "WOODEN STATUES OF THE OLD KINGDOM" a typological Study - Julia Harvey. Brill -Styx /Leiden-Boston-KÖLN 2001, whith many examples and pictures of them. Contact us - Back to catalog |
A low limestone relief representing a harper player named "Merou". Transliteration of hieroglyphs : Seker Nefer Hen Ka Ek raneb merou Translation : Play the harp for your "Ka" every day. Datation : Old Kingdom ( 2686-2184 B.C ) Height : 51 cm. Width : 60 cm. Provenance : Ex.collection of Mr K. (1930). Bibliography : see similar iconography Rijkmuseum van Oudhenen. National museum of Antiquities, Leyden, publish by B.V, Haarlem. The netherlands, 1981, p 67. |
An egyptian Stele of Kom Abou Bilou Material: Limestone and polychromy Datation : 1st to 3rd A.D. Height : 6 cm. Provenance : Ex french private collection. Contact us - Back to catalog |
Royal head of a Ptolemaïc king. Material: basalt Datation : 330-25 B.C. Height : 20,6 cm. Provenance : Ancient private collection. For a similar example see : Ancient Egyptian Art at Yale, ref 96 - head of a king pp 17-71. Contact us - Back to catalog |
Egyptian granodiorite fragment of a block statue for
Djedchonsefank.
Elle représente le prêtre dans la position traditionnelle, accroupi, les jambes repliées contre son corps, les bras croisés sur les genoux, vêtu d'un manteau l'enveloppant complètement. La face principale est finement gravée d'une scène qui représentait, au centre, Djed-Khonsou-iou-f-Ankh faisant des offrandes à deux groupes de divinités symétriquement opposés. Seule la partie gauche représentant la triade thébaine subsiste : le bras droit d'Amon est préservé et tient la croix Ankh. Derrière lui se tient la déesse Mout, dont la main repose sur l'épaule d'Amon. Elle porte la double couronne de Haute et Basse Égypte, et tient également de la main droite la croix Ankh. À l'extrême gauche, est représenté leur fils, Khonsou. Datation :Thebes, Third Intermediate Period, Dynasty 22, reign of Osorkon II, ca. 924-909 B. C.Height : 11 in. Contact us - Back to catalog |
DJED PILLAR.
Datation End of the New Kingdom to the Late Period. Important and very fine egyptian blue faience amulet figuring the Djed pillar. Contact us - Back to catalog |
Egyptian green schiste figure of the goddess Thoueris.
Datation : Late period. |