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THBRare Egyptian Glazed Faience Herm Amulet, ex Sotheby's
Lot 5d
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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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Egypt, Late Dynastic to Ptolemaic period, ca. 664 to 30 BCE. A mold-formed faience amulet depicting a columnar figure known as a herm worshipped by the Greeks to worship Hermes or other male deities. The petite, turquoise-glazed amulet bears a pillar-form body atop an integral rectangular plinth and has a masculine upper body with muscular shoulders, stocky biceps, and protruding genitalia. The elderly visage bears a bushy beard, almond-shaped eyes, cupped ears, and a wavy coiffure. Herm or herma are figural columnar pieces with a head, sometimes a torso, and male genitals carved at the appropriate height. They are thought to derive from the ancient Greek practice of worshipping divinities that were in the form of cairns or columns of stone or wood. Herms were apotropaic symbols and were kept in a variety of locations like crossroads, temples, public places, and in homes. Size: 0.55" W x 1.3" H (1.4 cm x 3.3 cm)
Provenance: ex-Phoenicia Holyland Antiquities, New York, New York, USA; ex-Sotheby's, New York "Antiquities" auction (December 7, 2001, part of lot 245); ex-private collection, acquired between 1955 and 1965
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#153623Minor nicks and abrasions, with light fading to original glaze, and softening to some finer details, otherwise intact and very good. Light earthen deposits and nice remains of original glaze throughout.Condition
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