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THBLot of 5 Egyptian Faience Amulets, ex-Bonhams
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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- Lot Description
Ancient Egypt, Third Intermediate to Late Dynastic Period, ca. 1070 to 332 BCE. Five faience amulets, including three wadjet eyes and two djed pillars. One of the eyes is larger and of a simpler form, with applied darker faience forming a thick brow and iris. The other two are molded, with incised details. The two djed pillars are of standard form, one a deeper, sky blue color, the other pale blue-green. The Wadjet Eye - also known as the Eye of Horus and the Eye of Ra - was a symbol of good health and royal power, personifying the goddess Wadjet, one of the earliest Egyptian deities. This was a common funerary amulet, made to protect the deceased in the afterlife. Size of largest (which is the ex-Bonhams example): 1.5" W x 1" H (3.8 cm x 2.5 cm)
The Djed Pillar was commonly placed as an amulet near the spine of a mummy, and is listed in the Book of the Dead as part of a spell which can be used to reanimate the use of the mummy's spine so that it can sit up, resurrected. It is associated with Osiris, representing his spine, and is one of the oldest symbols in Egyptian mythology.
The blue wadjet amulet and forty-six other items hammered for GBP 2,000 ($2,605) at Bonhams, London, Knightsbridge Antiquities Auction (May 8, 2013, lot 323): https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/20667/lot/323/?category=grid&length=560&page=1
Provenance: private Davis collection, Houston, Texas, USA; [blue wadjet] ex-Bonhams, London, UK, Knightsbridge Antiquities Auction (May 8, 2013, part of lot 323); ex-private United Kingdom collection, acquired by the owner's great-uncle between the 1930s and 1960s, thence by descent; [other four items] ex-private German collection
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#138702All five are intact, with light encrustations on the surface.Condition
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