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THBRomano Egyptian Bronze Sistrum w/ Hathor & Animals
Lot 17
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
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. The instrument consists of a handle with a petite knob that rises to meet a double Hathor head complete with a relief face and elaborate wig. Above the goddess is a tall arch with a trio of charming cats perched atop its curved zenith while observing the now-headless body of a bird standing with its breast facing outwards. Similar examples in museums show cats seated above the Hathor heads as well. Each side of the arch retains 4 evenly spaced holes used for placing fixed rods and jangling discs within. Hathor, associated with the goddess Isis in the Romano-Egyptian period, was considered the primeval goddess from which all other deities derived. 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 these instruments, and one can imagine priestesses playing these, singing, while processing into a temple built to worship these powerful goddesses.
Cf. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number 19.5; for a figure of Bastet holding a sistrum, see accession number 45.4.5
An ornate sistrum handle lacking the arches hammered for GBP 32,500 ($43,596.48) at Christie's, London "The Resandro Collection" auction (Live auction 14490, December 6, 2016, lot 158).
Provenance: private New York, New York, USA collection, purchased from Artemis Gallery in 2019; ex-private Jones collection, Boulder, Colorado, USA; ex-private Houston, Texas, USA collection
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Display stands not described as included/custom in the item description are for photography purposes only and will not be included with the item upon shipping.
#170374Top of arch is repaired in two places. Also repaired on handle. One side of the Hathor head is missing 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. Great patina throughout.Condition
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