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THBEgyptian Mold-Form Glass Fragments - Lions
Lot 5
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
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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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End-of-Summer Clearance sale featuring discounted pricing on antiquities from Egypt, Greece, Italy, and the Near East...plus Viking, Asian, Pre-Columbian, Tribal, Russian Icons, Spanish Colonial, Fine Art, more! Starting prices have been reduced up to 65% from original auction prices. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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- Lot Description
**Originally Listed At $1200**
Egypt, Ptolemaic to early Romano-Egyptian period, ca. 332 BCE to first half of 1st century CE. A fantastic set of two mold-formed glass compositions made from opaque glass in mottled hues of citrine, russet, sage, and tan. First is the front end of a regal lion with a short snout bearing puffy jowls, bushy brows, and an incised mane. Second is the curved hind leg of a lion with a padded paw and stocky thigh; this leg is perhaps from a different, larger lion based on the relative size. Feline and leonine images in ancient Egyptian visual culture were very popular as several deities assumed their form. This lion head may represent Maahes, a solar war god commonly referred to as "The Lord of the Massacre" who took the form of a lion. Size (head & body): 2.8" W x 2.75" H (7.1 cm x 7 cm); (leg) 3" L x 0.9" W (7.6 cm x 2.3 cm)
Maahes was the son of Bastet, the cat goddess of Lower Egypt, but also was the son of Sekhmet, the goddess of war in Upper Egypt who also took a feline form. It is believed that his father was Ra or Ptah. Maahes was closely linked with Nefertum and was believed to be the son of both Sekhmet and Bastet. In addition, he was known as the "Avenger of Wrongs" and the "Helper of Wise Ones" and considered to be the guardian of sacred places and the protector of the innocent.
Several other Egyptian gods were depicted as a lion. These included: Apedemak - a war god from Nubia; Arensnuphis - companion to Isis also from Nubia; twin lion gods Ruty, a name that means "pair of lions"; Shesmetet, a leonine goddess with the body of a woman but the head of a lion who is regarded as an aspect of Bastet or Sekhmet, only an older deity; and Tefnut, the goddess of moisture and daughter of Ra who is depicted as a seated woman with a lion's head.
For a few good examples of glass inlays from the same time period, please see: Stern, E. Marianne and Birgit Schlick-Nolte. "Early Glass of the Ancient World: 1600 B.C. - A.D. 50 | Ernesto Wolf Collection." Verlag Gerd Hatje, Germany, 1994, pp. 358-364, figs. 115-118.
Provenance: ex-Dr. Sid Port collection, California, USA, acquired in the 1970s; ex-Norman Blankman collection, New York, USA, acquired in the 1950s in Cairo, Egypt
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#153329Both items are fragments of larger glass compositions and have been professionally cleaned and conserved. Repair to back of lion's body, with resurfacing along break lines on verso. Each item has minor nicks and abrasions to front, peripheries, and verso, with light encrustations, and minor softening to some finer details. Great glass color throughout.Condition
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