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THBEgyptian Leaded Bronze & Marble Sarcophagus Mask Eyes
Lot 3a
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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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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
Egypt, Late Dynastic Period, 26th to 31st Dynasty, ca. 664 to 332 BCE. A wonderful set of cast-leaded-bronze eyes meant to be set into the eye sockets on an ornate sarcophagus lid. Each teardrop-shaped eye has elongated canthi and bronze lids fitted with a hand-carved marble fragment forming the sclera that still bears remains of the black pigment used to delineate the pupil. Eyes like these were placed onto wooden sarcophagus lids as well as mummy masks before burial to allow the soul to 'see' during its journey to the afterlife. Size of largest (left eye): 3" L x 0.875" W (7.6 cm x 2.2 cm); 3.4" H (8.6 cm) on included custom stand.
Ancient Egyptians believed it was of the utmost importance to preserve a body of the deceased, because the soul needed a place to reside after the death. Preservation of the body was done via mummification - a process involving the removal of internal organs that were placed in canopic jars, wrapping the body in linen, and then embalming. The death masks that eyes like these would have adorned were created so that the soul could recognize the body and return to it. For this reason, death masks were made in the likeness of the deceased. The eyes were of course believed to allow the deceased to see following death.
Provenance: ex-estate of Eldert Bontekoe, Pegasi Numismatics, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, acquired before 2000
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#158563Repairs to area of bottom lid of left eye, interior canthus and corresponding upper and lower interior lid sections of right eye, exterior tip of right marble sclera, and exterior tip of left eyebrow, all with light resurfacing and adhesive residue along break lines; right eyebrow is intact. All items have light encrustations and abrasions, with fading to black pigment on marble fragments. Great patina throughout, and light remains of black pigment on marble sclera fragments.Condition
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