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Bronze Bowl - AMD.228
Origin: Central Asia
Circa: 1000 AD to 1400 AD
Dimensions: 2" (5.1cm) high x 4" (10.2cm) wide
Collection: Islamic Art
Medium: Bronze
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Bronze Bowl - AMD.228
Origin: Central Asia
Circa: 1000 AD to 1400 AD
Dimensions: 2" (5.1cm) high x 4" (10.2cm) wide
Collection: Islamic Art
Medium: Bronze
Condition: Extra Fine « Less
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Origin: Jerusalem
Circa: 67 AD to 68 AD
Collection: Coin Jewelry
Style: Year Two
Medium: Bronze, Gold Obverse: Amphora with broad rim and two handles/Year Two
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Origin: Jerusalem
Circa: 67 AD to 68 AD
Collection: Coin Jewelry
Style: Year Two
Medium: Bronze, Gold Obverse: Amphora with broad rim and two handles/Year Two
Reverse: Vine leaf on branch/The Deliverance of Zion
Bronze prutahs were issued during the second and third years of the First Jewish War against Rome (66-70 AD). They feature an amphora with the date and the Hebrew inscription, 'The Deliverance of Zion.' Those from year two have an uncovered amphora, those from year three have a lidded amphora. - (BF.090 ) « Less
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Origin: Sinai, Egypt
Circa: 1900 BC to 1100 BC
Collection: Egyptian
Style: Middle/New Kingdom
Medium: Faience Most ancient Egyptian beads were made of faience, a More »
Origin: Sinai, Egypt
Circa: 1900 BC to 1100 BC
Collection: Egyptian
Style: Middle/New Kingdom
Medium: Faience Most ancient Egyptian beads were made of faience, a glass-composite glaze which was introduced as early as the Pre-Dynastic period. According to Egyptologists, most beads were made on an axis, probably of thread, which would burn up during firing, leaving a hole. Disc, ring and tubular beads were made by coating the axis with the unfired body-paste, rolling the cylinder to an even diameter on a flat surface, and then scoring it with a knife into sections of the desired length. Other shapes, such as ball beads, were rolled between the hands and perforated while still wet with a stiff point such as a wire needle. The beads were then dried, coating with glaze (if the glaze had not already been mixed with the paste), and fired. The firing process often gave the beads a beautiful translucent quality. The majority of faience beads are blue or green in color, but black, red yellow and white ones were also produced, especially in the New Egyptian Kingdom. - (FJ.2419) « Less
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Origin: Memphis, Egypt
Circa: 664 BC to 525 BC
Dimensions: 1.875" (4.8cm) high x 2.75" (7.0cm) wide
Catalogue: V8
Collection: Egyptian Antiquities
Style: 26th More »
Origin: Memphis, Egypt
Circa: 664 BC to 525 BC
Dimensions: 1.875" (4.8cm) high x 2.75" (7.0cm) wide
Catalogue: V8
Collection: Egyptian Antiquities
Style: 26th Dynasty
Medium: Bronze
This masterfully carved, recumbent bull is a manifestation of the ancient Egyptian deity Ptah, the god of Memphis who created the world by "thinking the thought and speaking the word". The Apis bull was a herald or messenger of Ptah who was called the "living Apis, the herald of Ptah, who carries truth upwards to him of the lovely face (Ptah)." In Memphis a living bull was chosen for its special markings, as the representation of the Apis bull and when it died another bull with the same markings was found. The Apis bull was kept at Memphis at a temple dedicated to the bull, with the temple of Ptah located close by. This spirited bronze bull rests atop a bronze base, inscribed with hieroglyphs. The front of the base reads, Iwenet-Menkhet, translated as "Denderah is splendid". Denderah was one of the cult sites for the ancient Egyptian deity Hathor, who was, among other things, the guardian of the mountain of the dead on the left bank at Memphis. The side of the base reads, "Iwenet-Menkhet, given life. One who gives offerings to Hathor. One who builds a shrine." The symbolic hieroglyphs and the sculpted bull combine to give tangible evidence of the devotion that the ancient population of Memphis had toward their god Ptah and their goddess Hathor. - (FZ.282) « Less
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Origin: Egypt
Circa: 600 AD to 800 AD
Dimensions: 11.75" (29.8cm) high x 2" (5.1cm) wide
Catalogue: V1
Collection: Egyptian
Style: Coptic
Medium: Textile
As the More »
Origin: Egypt
Circa: 600 AD to 800 AD
Dimensions: 11.75" (29.8cm) high x 2" (5.1cm) wide
Catalogue: V1
Collection: Egyptian
Style: Coptic
Medium: Textile
As the Classical age drew to a close, the flowering of Christian Egypt produced a remarkable textile art. This tunic decoration, called a clavus, depicts motifs that are both pagan and Christian, a mixing of imagery not uncommon in Late Antiquity. A saint, apostle or evangelist, his head surrounded with a nimbus, shares space with flying spirits and wild beasts. Such a colorful masterpiece of the weaver's art seems to sum up the vitality, the vivid excitement of the age that created it. - (P.4489) « Less
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Origin: Egypt
Circa: 2 nd Century AD to 3 rd Century AD
Dimensions: 8.5" (21.6cm) high
Collection: Egyptian
Style: Roman Period
Medium: Stucco
This gorgeous plaster More »
Origin: Egypt
Circa: 2 nd Century AD to 3 rd Century AD
Dimensions: 8.5" (21.6cm) high
Collection: Egyptian
Style: Roman Period
Medium: Stucco
This gorgeous plaster funerary mask reveals that the traditional Egyptian arts continued to flourish even under Roman rule. In fact, the Egyptian style was reinvigorated with a healthy dose of Roman classicism that elegantly merges with the stylized traditions of Egypt. Here, a man wearing a diadem has been depicted with textured hair, solemn features, and a tight-lipped expression. Overall, his physiognomy is typical of the multiethnic population of Roman Period Egypt. His skin has been painted a soft creamy hue, while his hair, eyebrows, and neatly trimmed beard and moustache have been painted black. Multiple little painted dots are used to create the beard and moustache. His eyes and lashes have been detailed in black paint, while a thin red line encircling his eyelids heightens the sense of realism. Most of these life-size masks were made for Greek and Roman merchants and administrators who settled in Egypt. They generally show some attempts at portraying an individual, but with conventionalized features. These heads were made separately in molds, with gender-specific details added subsequently, and attached to the mummy case or cartonnage so that they are half raised up off the surface, as if the deceased was just awaking in his new afterlife. The masks were usually painted with realistic colors and some were even gilt. Looking into this mask is like looking into a mirror. It is easy to see ourselves inside this carefully modeled face. We wonder if his life, if his cares and concerns, were really that different than our own? - (X.0441) « Less
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Origin: Egypt
Dimensions: 0.750" (1.9cm) wide
Collection: Egyptian antiquities
Style: Middle Kingdom- 2nd Intermediate
The ancient Egyptians maintained that the sun was More »
Origin: Egypt
Dimensions: 0.750" (1.9cm) wide
Collection: Egyptian antiquities
Style: Middle Kingdom- 2nd Intermediate
The ancient Egyptians maintained that the sun was propelled across the heavens by means of a scarab, or sacred beetle. With the passing of time, the Egyptians created a series of amulets in the form of this beetle in a great variety of materials, and these were routinely provided with inscriptions in hieroglyphs conveniently accommodated to their stylized flat bottoms.
This amulet in the form of a scarab is one of several Egyptian variations on the theme. Its head, plate, and clypeus are well defined, but the separation of the thorax from the elytra, or wing case, is only indicated by a triangular notch on either side of the body. « Less
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Egyptian Wooden Inscribed Mummy Tag - LO.1194
Origin: Egypt
Circa: 200 BC to 200 AD
Dimensions: 1.25" (3.2cm) high x 3.25" (8.3cm) wide
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Egyptian Wooden Inscribed Mummy Tag - LO.1194
Origin: Egypt
Circa: 200 BC to 200 AD
Dimensions: 1.25" (3.2cm) high x 3.25" (8.3cm) wide
Collection: Egyptian Antiquities
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Origin: Egypt
Circa: 664 BC to 525 BC
Dimensions: 4" (10.2cm) high x 1.1" (2.8cm) wide
Collection: Egyptian Art
Style: Late Dynastic Period
Medium: Faience
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Origin: Egypt
Circa: 664 BC to 525 BC
Dimensions: 4" (10.2cm) high x 1.1" (2.8cm) wide
Collection: Egyptian Art
Style: Late Dynastic Period
Medium: Faience
Perhaps no single object epitomizes the spirit of ancient Egypt better than the ushabti. Shaped like a divine mummy, the ushabti evokes the magical side of Egyptian belief in an afterlife. The two hoes clutched in the hands and the basket carried on the back recall the rural, agrarian culture of the land. The word ushabti (supplanting the older term shawabti) literally means "the answerer." The function of these little figures is described in Chapter VI of the Book of the Dead: "O this Ushabti! If (the deceased) is called upon to do hard labor in the hereafter, say thou: I am here." The ushabti was expected to answer the call to work in place of the deceased, and this passage was frequently inscribed on the figures themselves. Originally, a single ushabti was placed in any given tomb. But by the New Kingdom the statues had come to be regarded as servants and slaves for the deceased, rather than as a substitute. Many have been found buried together, along with an overseer figure. In the course of Egyptian history, ushabti were created from wood, stone, metal and faience. In the cultural renaissance of the XXVIth Dynasty (Saite period), a green faience, the color of the Nile and evocative of the verdant landscape in springtime, was particularly popular. To look upon an ushabti is to come face to face with the mystery and magic of Egypt itself. - (OF.106) « Less
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Origin: Egypt
Circa: 600 AD to 900 AD
Dimensions: 4" (10.2cm) high x 4.125" (10.5cm) wide
Collection: Egyptian
Style: Coptic
Medium: Textile
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Origin: Egypt
Circa: 600 AD to 900 AD
Dimensions: 4" (10.2cm) high x 4.125" (10.5cm) wide
Collection: Egyptian
Style: Coptic
Medium: Textile
Though it was created centuries ago, the imagery of power and rank that adorns this circular garment appliqué is easily readable today. Two rampant lions, symbols of kingly authority, heraldically flank a stylized tree, epitomizing prosperity, wealth and life itself. The person who commissioned this delicate work so long ago must have enjoyed the privileges of worldly power. The centuries have placed such changeable fortune in perspective, but this small manifestation of power continues to impress us today. - (P.3614) « Less
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