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THBRomano-Egyptian Bonze Sistrum with Cats and Hathor
Lot 12
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Louisville, CO 80027
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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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Egypt, Romano-Egyptian period, ca. 30 BCE to 2nd century CE. A beautiful example of a bronze sistrum with rich decoration. It consists of a handle with a small knob that rises to meet a double Hathor head complete with a relief face and elaborate wig. Above her is a tall arch with several cats perched atop its curved top. Similar examples (see below) show a cat seated above the Hathor heads as well. Each side of the arch has four evenly-spaced holes in it, used for placing fixed rods. Size: 2.5" W x 14.95" H (6.4 cm x 38 cm); 15.75" H (40 cm) on included custom stand.
The sistrum, meaning "that which is being shaken" in Greek, is a percussive musical instrument, known mostly from ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia. When shaken, the metal rods within the arch produce a sound that can range from a soft clank to a loud jangling. Some people even hear a sound complementary to that of a hissing snake when the sistrum is played. The sistrum was particularly important for the Egyptian worship of the goddesses Hathor and Bastet. Bastet is often depicted holding one of the instruments, as in this statue at the Metropolitan Museum of Art: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/545970. You can imagine priestesses playing these, singing, while processing into a temple built to worship these powerful goddesses.
See a similar example with the rods intact at the British Museum: http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=170181&partId=1
Provenance: private Houston, Texas, USA collection
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#133027Top of arch is repaired in two places. Also repaired on handle. One side of the Hathor head is missing a small piece that would have given it an opening (as the other side does). The fixed rods that would have spanned the arch are lost. The handle has been repaired just below the Hathor heads.Condition
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