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THBRomano-Egyptian Bronze Sistrum w/ Cats and Bird
Lot 9b
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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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2018-08-02 10:00:00
2018-08-02 10:00:00
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Featuring two incredible collections - one in storage for more than 20 years! Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
Featuring two incredible collections - one in storage for more than 20 years! Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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- Lot Description
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 hexagonal knob that rises to meet a large arch-shaped opening with a cat head rising from its interior base. At the top is a tall arch with a cat and her kitten perched atop its curved top. Each side of the arch has four evenly-spaced holes in it, used for placing fixed rods. Size: 1.8" W x 8.2" H (4.6 cm x 20.8 cm); 8.35" H (21.2 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 East Coast, USA collection
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#136281Top of arch is repaired in two places. Also repaired on handle. 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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