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Auction archive: Lot number 172

An Egyptian terracotta mummiform

Antiquities
29 Apr 2009
Estimate
£0
Price realised:
£1,800
ca. US$2,645
Auction archive: Lot number 172

An Egyptian terracotta mummiform

Antiquities
29 Apr 2009
Estimate
£0
Price realised:
£1,800
ca. US$2,645
Beschreibung:

An Egyptian terracotta mummiform execration figure Middle Kingdom, circa 2133-1797 B.C. The figure representing a foreign enemy, with a beard, applied eyes and arms resting infront, inscribed in black hieratic text with a ritual curse or list of enemy names, 6¼in (16cm) high, mounted; an Egyptian green glazed composition shabti inscribed with two frontal vertical columns and a dorsal column of hieroglyphs, for 'Horkhebyt born to Na-Bastet', carrying an adze and a hoe, Late Dynastic Period, circa 664-332 B.C., 55/8in (14.2cm), mounted; an Egyptian green glazed composition amulet of Bastet, seated on an openwork throne, holding a sistrum, Third Intermediate Period, circa 1069-702 B.C., 3in (7.6cm) restored; an Egyptian baked clay female shabti with her arms crossed, not holding implements, possibly New Kingdom, 7in (17.8cm) (4)

Auction archive: Lot number 172
Auction:
Datum:
29 Apr 2009
Auction house:
Bonhams London
London, New Bond Street 101 New Bond Street London W1S 1SR Tel: +44 20 7447 7447 Fax : +44 207 447 7401 info@bonhams.com
Beschreibung:

An Egyptian terracotta mummiform execration figure Middle Kingdom, circa 2133-1797 B.C. The figure representing a foreign enemy, with a beard, applied eyes and arms resting infront, inscribed in black hieratic text with a ritual curse or list of enemy names, 6¼in (16cm) high, mounted; an Egyptian green glazed composition shabti inscribed with two frontal vertical columns and a dorsal column of hieroglyphs, for 'Horkhebyt born to Na-Bastet', carrying an adze and a hoe, Late Dynastic Period, circa 664-332 B.C., 55/8in (14.2cm), mounted; an Egyptian green glazed composition amulet of Bastet, seated on an openwork throne, holding a sistrum, Third Intermediate Period, circa 1069-702 B.C., 3in (7.6cm) restored; an Egyptian baked clay female shabti with her arms crossed, not holding implements, possibly New Kingdom, 7in (17.8cm) (4)

Auction archive: Lot number 172
Auction:
Datum:
29 Apr 2009
Auction house:
Bonhams London
London, New Bond Street 101 New Bond Street London W1S 1SR Tel: +44 20 7447 7447 Fax : +44 207 447 7401 info@bonhams.com
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