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THBEgyptian New Kingdom Faience Hippo Amulet
Lot 2a
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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 Egypt, New Kingdom Period, 18th to 20th Dynasty, ca. 1549 to 1077 BCE. A rare and quite desirable faience pendant depicting a hippopotamus as it grazes on the lush vegetation beneath it. Mold-formed from faience and covered in lustrous layers of azure blue glaze with navy-hued polka dots, the magnificent mammal stands with a quartet of nubbin legs atop an integral rectangular plinth and presses its snout onto the ground, its protruding eyes peering forward towards its next bite. The plump, egg-shaped body tilts slightly downwards towards the neckline and is surmounted by a perforated suspension loop, and a sinuous tail hangs between the sizable haunches. Hippopotami were believed to be both malevolent and benevolent creatures, and their association with fertility suggests this pendant was bound to the linen wrappings of a mummy to ensure resurrection and rebirth in the afterlife. An extremely scarce zoomorphic example from ancient Egypt! Size: 1.1" L x 0.5" W x 0.9" H (2.8 cm x 1.3 cm x 2.3 cm)
According to Egyptologist Dorothea Arnold, "The hippopotamus, Hippopotamus amphibius, must have been very common in Egypt during the earlier periods, but man's hunting pursuits and ever-increasing encroachment on the hippo's wetland environment gradually reduced the number of these magnificent beasts. The last wild hippos were seen in Egypt in the first half of the nineteenth century. The Egyptians were well aware of the phenomenal strength of the hippopotamus… [though] The awe inspired by an animal that could devastate a farmer's field overnight was tempered by the Egyptians' belief in the animal's revitalizing power. As a creature from the fertile mud, the hippo embodied divine powers guaranteeing rebirth. One might recognize this benevolent aspect of the beast in the friendly faces of many hippo figures." (Arnold, Dorothea. "An Egyptian Bestiary." The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, Spring 1995, Vol. LII, no. 4, p. 33)
Provenance: private Boynton Beach, Florida, USA collection; ex-Mr. and Mrs. Carl Tautenhahn collection, Houston, Texas, USA, from the 1970s
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#178607Some light surface wear as shown, but otherwise intact, excellent, and wearable as a pendant. Nice preservation of pigments and light patina throughout.Condition
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