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THBPublished Egyptian Faience Plaque - Onuris & Lioness
Lot 12
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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, Third Intermediate to Ptolemaic Period, ca. 1070 to 30 BCE. An incredibly rare, mold-formed faience plaque depicting not 1 but 2 Egyptian deities associated with war - the striding male figure Onuris (also Anhur, Onouris, An-Her, Anhuret) and the female deity behind him is a lioness-headed figure, perhaps Sekhmet (also Sakhmet, Sachmis). Onuris wears a pleated kilt, a crown consisting of 4 tall feathers, and a black-glazed wesekh collar, all while holding a was-scepter symbolic for control over one's dominion. Onuris' right hand is draped back to hold a length of linen with Sekhmet, who herself raises one hand while donning a sizable sun disc. The two deities are further protected by the head of Bes, the dwarf phylactery deity, that hovers above them along the uppermost curve. It is possible that the lioness-headed figure represents Onuris' wife, the lioness-headed Mehit. Size: 0.27" L x 1.17" W x 1.94" H (0.7 cm x 3 cm x 4.9 cm)
Exhibited at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) from 1986 to 1991; in the University of Arizona Museum of Art, October 1993 to December 1993; and in the Robert and Frances Fullerton Museum of Art (RAFFMA), California State University, San Bernardino from 1996 to 2023, reference number EL01.165.1996.
Published in Dr. Gerry D. Scott III. "Temple, Tomb and Dwelling: Egyptian Antiquities from the Harer Family Trust Collection." University of California Press, 1992, pp. 112 to 113, fig. 68c
Provenance: Collection of Dr. W. Benson Harer, Los Angeles, California, USA; Exhibited at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) from 1986 to 1991; in the University of Arizona Museum of Art, October 1993 to December 1993; and in the Robert and Frances Fullerton Museum of Art (RAFFMA), California State University, San Bernardino from 1996 to 2023, reference number EL01.165.1996; Published in "Temple, Tomb, and Dwelling", fig. 68c
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#182201Minor abrasions and pitting, with light fading to glaze in scattered areas mostly along the verso, and softening to some finer details along obverse, otherwise intact and excellent. Wonderful preservation to figural details, and great glaze pigment throughout.Condition
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