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THBEgyptian Faience Symplegma / Erotic Scene
Lot 5
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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Apr 4, 2019
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2019-04-04 10:00:00
2019-04-04 10:00:00
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Ancient art from Egypt, Greece, Italy and the Near East, as well as Asian, Pre-Columbian, Native American, African / Tribal / Oceanic, Spanish Colonial, Russian Icons, Fine art, much more! All categories, all price ranges... all legally acquired and guaranteed to be as described or your money back Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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- Lot Description
Ancient Egypt, Late Period to Ptolemaic, ca. 712 to 30 BCE. A fascinating faience symplegma, an erotic scene, featuring a kneeling man with an enormous phallus and a woman lying on her back with her knees raised and her hands holding her thighs. The scene is atop an integrated platform (perhaps meant to be a rectangular bed) and glazed a pale, slightly sparkling blue. The woman wears a large wig; wigs were viewed as erotic and written about in poetry by Egyptian men. Similar figures have been found at many archaeological sites, including Memphis, with the most famous site being Athribis, where hundreds were discovered in a bath complex. They may have been purely votive, but during the Ptolemaic Period - due to Greco-Roman influence - pendants and statuary depicting large phalluses were considered good luck charms for material wealth. Size: 4.05" W x 1.45" H (10.3 cm x 3.7 cm); 2.45" H (6.2 cm) on included custom stand.
A similar but intact example sold at Christie's in 1998 for USD $9775: https://www.christies.com/lotfinder/Lot/an-egyptian-faience-symplegma-late-period-to-1403966-details.aspx
Provenance: private East Coast, USA collection; ex-Dr. Sid Port collection, California, USA, acquired in the 1980s
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#142210Head of kneeling male figure is lost. Small chips and nicks on surface commensurate with age, with some deposits, especially in lower profile areas.Condition
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