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A group of seven Egyptian bronze and hardstone amulets 7
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A group of seven Egyptian bronze and hardstone amulets Old Kingdom-Late Period, circa 2686-332 B.C. Comprising a carnelian leg amulet, 1.7cm high; an Egyptian 'blue' aegis with head of the goddess Mut, 2.4cm high; a travertine amulet of a shen-sign, 1.8cm high; a haematite heart amulet with sun-disc, 2.4cm high; a bronze miniature pilgrim flask, 1.5cm high; a dark blue glass head of the god Bes, 1.7cm high; and a bronze rectangular inlay with sun disc and rearing cobras, 1.8cm x 1.6cm (7) Footnotes: Provenance: Resandro collection, Europe, primarily formed late 1960s-1997 (R-041 (HA 46), R-255 (HA 103), R-225 (HA 57), R-658 (HA 135), R-194 (HB 47), R-257 (HA 8), R-399 (HA 55)). Published: I. Grimm-Stadelmann (ed.), Aesthetic Glimpses, Masterpieces of Ancient Egyptian Art, The Resandro Collection, Munich, 2012. The shen-sign was formed from a length of papyrus rope looped around into a circle, with binding along the lower edge; it represented everything the sun encircled, i.e. the universe, and had connotations of protecting what lay therein (C. Andrews, Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London, 1994, p. 76-77). This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * * VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing
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A group of seven Egyptian bronze and hardstone amulets Old Kingdom-Late Period, circa 2686-332 B.C. Comprising a carnelian leg amulet, 1.7cm high; an Egyptian 'blue' aegis with head of the goddess Mut, 2.4cm high; a travertine amulet of a shen-sign, 1.8cm high; a haematite heart amulet with sun-disc, 2.4cm high; a bronze miniature pilgrim flask, 1.5cm high; a dark blue glass head of the god Bes, 1.7cm high; and a bronze rectangular inlay with sun disc and rearing cobras, 1.8cm x 1.6cm (7) Footnotes: Provenance: Resandro collection, Europe, primarily formed late 1960s-1997 (R-041 (HA 46), R-255 (HA 103), R-225 (HA 57), R-658 (HA 135), R-194 (HB 47), R-257 (HA 8), R-399 (HA 55)). Published: I. Grimm-Stadelmann (ed.), Aesthetic Glimpses, Masterpieces of Ancient Egyptian Art, The Resandro Collection, Munich, 2012. The shen-sign was formed from a length of papyrus rope looped around into a circle, with binding along the lower edge; it represented everything the sun encircled, i.e. the universe, and had connotations of protecting what lay therein (C. Andrews, Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London, 1994, p. 76-77). This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * * VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing
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