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THBExhibited Egyptian Faience Taweret Amulet
Lot 24
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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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Ancient Egypt, Late Dynastic Period, 26th to 31st Dynasty, ca. 664 to 332 BCE. A stunningly detailed, mold-formed faience figure of Tawaret (also Taweret, Tauret, Apet, Opet), the goddess of child birthing and suckling as well as a protector of women, children, and the weak. Tawaret's composite form is defined with the feet of a lioness, the spine and tail of a crocodile, the breasts and bulging belly of a pregnant woman, and the head of a hippopotamus. Standing in a striding pose atop an integral plinth, Tawaret presents with her left foot forward, both arms placed defensively against her womb, and shoulders back in a relaxed manner. Her veristic visage bears petite, almond-shaped eyes above puffy cheeks, a bi-lobed snout with bared teeth and protruding tongue, and perky ears framed with the striated lappets of her incised tripartite wig. An integral suspension loop along the dorsal spine indicates this figure was at one time worn as a pendant either by a living individual or perhaps a mummified woman who died in childbirth. Size: 0.62" L x 0.45" W x 1.65" H (1.6 cm x 1.1 cm x 4.2 cm)
According to scholar Paul Hamlyn, "[Tawaret] was especially worshipped in Thebes where, under the New Kingdom, she enjoyed great popularity among people of the middle class, who often gave her name to their children and decorated their houses with her images. As well as her role of protectress Taueret sometimes fulfilled that of an avenging deity: then she would appear as a goddess with the body of a hippopotamus but the head of a lioness who brandished a dagger in a menacing manner." (Paul Hamlyn Limited. "Egyptian Mythology." Tudor Publishing Company, New York, 1965, p. 110)
ex-Emil Brugsch Collection, curator of the Bulaq Museum, Cairo, Egypt; Exhibited at the Drexel Museum, Philadelphia, 1895 to 1914; with the Drexel Institute Collection, Minneapolis Museum of Art, 1915 to 1958, ref. no. 16.68; at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) from 1986 to 1991; and in the University of Arizona Museum of Art, October 1993 to December 1993.
Cf. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number 04.2.365
Provenance: Collection of Dr. W. Benson Harer, Los Angeles, California, USA; ex-L. Blumka collection, acquired in 1958; ex-Emil Brugsch Collection, curator of the Bulaq Museum, Cairo, Egypt; Exhibited at the Drexel Museum, Philadelphia, 1895 to 1914; with the Drexel Institute Collection, Minneapolis Institute of Art, 1915 to 1958, ref. no. 16.68; at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) from 1986 to 1991; and in the University of Arizona Museum of Art, October 1993 to December 1993
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#182345Minor pitting and abrasions, with light fading to glaze in a few areas, otherwise intact and excellent. Great preservation to finer details and overall form.Condition
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