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THBFine Egyptian Silver Pendant of Sekhmet
Lot 11
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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, 25th Dynasty to Ptolemaic period, ca. 744 to 30 BCE. A stunning pendant formed from 96% silver depicting Sekhmet, the lioness-headed goddess of healing, war, and the sun. Sekhmet presents in an elegant striding pose atop an integral rectangular plinth and wears an ankle-length gown over her slender body. She wields a narrow was-scepter symbolic of power and dominion in her bent left arm while draping her right arm tightly against her sides and stands with a rigid posture symbolic of unwavering determination. Her protruding feline face bears recessed eyes that flank a pinched snout, and striated lappets of her tripartite wig frame her countenance beneath a pair of perky ears with a royal uraeus cobra in-between. An integral suspension loop is shown behind her head. Lustrous patina envelops the entire pendant and imbues it with a sense of Egyptian opulence! Size: 0.375" W x 1.3" H (1 cm x 3.3 cm); 2.05" H (5.2 cm) on included custom stand; quality of silver: 96%; total weight: 7.2 grams.
Sekhmet (also Sakhmet), among the oldest deities in the Egyptian pantheon, is typically depicted as a lion-headed woman and sometimes wearing a sun disc on her head. When shown sitting, she usually holds an ankh of life; when standing, she wields a sceptre formed from papyrus as we see in this example, the symbol of Lower Egypt, the area with which she is most often associated. Her name comes from the Egyptian word "Sekhem" which translates to "power" or "might" - indeed Sekhmet is sometimes translated as "Powerful One" or "She who is Powerful." Sekhmet is also mentioned in several spells of The Book of the Dead, discussed as both a creative and a destructive force, but above all, the guardian of Ma'at (balance or justice) who defies evil.
Published: J. Eisenberg, Egyptian Art in Miniature (1994), no. 188; Art of the Ancient World, vol. VIII (1995), no. 208. On loan to Ball State Univ. Art Gallery; George Mason Univ.; exhibited in the Fitchburg Art Museum - 1995-2016.
Provenance: private E.B. collection, Orion, Michigan, acquired in October 1994 from Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, New York, USA; ex-Bonhams, London, December 1993
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#156860Very light abrasions and softening to features on body and head, with very minor encrustations within some recessed areas, otherwise intact and near-choice. Excellent patina throughout.Condition
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