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THBEgyptian Middle Kingdom Faience Nude Concubine
Lot 1a
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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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Dec 7, 2023
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Ancient Egypt, Middle Kingdom, 11th to 13th Dynasty, ca. 2130 to 1650 BCE. A rare and exceptionally old example of a hand-built faience female figure, nude and covered in turquoise-hued glaze, with arms held loosely at her sides. Dozens of hand-painted black stripes cover her body, perhaps scarification or painted tattoos, while additional black pigment emphasizes her enormous eyes and bag-shaped coiffure. Though figures like this example were typically identified as "concubines" and buried with men in ancient Egypt - as it was believed to ensure the man's fertility and sexual pleasure in the afterlife - scholars now posit these figures as fertility symbols kept by both men and women to enhance one's fertility/virility, even in the afterlife. Size: 1.18" L x 1.83" W x 3.12" H (3 cm x 4.6 cm x 7.9 cm); 4.75" H (12.1 cm) on included custom stand.
Exhibited periodically in the Robert and Frances Fullerton Museum of Art (RAFFMA), California State University, San Bernardino from 1998 to 2023.
Cf. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number 02.200.18
Provenance: Collection of Dr. W. Benson Harer, Los Angeles, California, USA, acquired from Galerie Cybele, Paris, France, May 5, 1994; Exhibited periodically in the Robert and Frances Fullerton Museum of Art (RAFFMA), California State University, San Bernardino from 1998 to 2023.
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#182256Loss to lower half of body as shown. Abrasions, light fading to glaze, and a couple of stable hairline fissures, otherwise in excellent condition. Great feminine form, and nice preservation to glaze in most areas.Condition
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