An extremely rare Late Period pottery vessel with face of god Bes- god of childbirth. Large bulbous body with outflared rim. Moulded in raised relief with face of Bes- outstanding detail, covered in a white wash & features decorated with dark purple paint. All original paint. White wash stained with a desert patina. Very rare in such high quality. Intact with no restoration or repairs.
Relics of the Nile is pleased to present this very large and impressive Egyptian Ptah-Sokar-Osiris. The diety stands an incredible 23.25" from the base of the figure to the top of the plumes and features a bearded face, painted in red, surrounded by a headcloth. Beneath the head is a beautifully painted necklace, with a classical Egyptian look. There is some restoration to the figure and the plumes could possibly be replaced in modern times. Still, this is an extremely large and impressive d... Click for details
Relics of the Nile is pleased to present this set of three limestone canopic jar lids. The three lids depict Duamutef, Imsety, and Hapi (the lid for Quebseneuf would have originally completed the set). Canopic lids are increasingly rare, much less a group of three with such detail in this condition. The lids measure from 3.75" x 4.25" in diameter and 1.75" to 2.5" high. The lids form excellent displays and possibly date to the New Kingdom but are more likely Late Period, around 600 BC.
Ancient Egyptian Ivory Clappers, New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, circa 1300BC
Here you find two Egyptian clappers, they would have been joined at the end opposite the hands (similar to castanets) and were used as a musical instrument. Clappers were often played together with Sistra (stock# GD-407), Harps and Pipes. The curved shape of the clappers shows that they were made from hippopotamus tusks sawn in two down the cent... Click for details
Perhaps a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! Complete wooden sarcophagus, Egyptian, dating to the Late Period to Ptolemaic, ca. 500 to 100 BC. Traditional mummiform figure with long black hair, wearing beaded necklace and collar, decorated in polychrome with central winged Isis and numerous elements from the Book of the Dead and central vertical band of hieroglyphs. Back decorated with single, large image of the winged Isis. Box measures 68"H x 23"W, is intact and in extremely fine condition wi... Click for details
Rare and near perfect! Glazed steatite (soap stone) amulet, with hole for suspension, carved on one side with the cartouche for Thutmosis III - Ca 1530 to 1450 BC - and atef feather, ankh and offering bowl on other. New Kingdom, Dynasty 18. Measures 17 mm x 12 mm and is choice condition.
Gorgeous patina! Ancient Egyptian Osirus Amulet, Late Period to Ptolemaic Period, ca. 664-30 B.C. Solid cast bronze figure of Osirus, depicted mummiform against a back pillar, his fisted hands emerging from his vestment, holding a crook and a flail, wearing a plaited false beard and a plumed atef-crown fronted by a uraeus, on a low integral plinth; suspension loop on proper right side of plinth and between shoulders on reverse. Amulet itself stands 4"H, intact and mounted on wood. For near i... Click for details
Fine scarab from the New Kingdom, Dynasties 18 through 20, ca 1570 to 1070 BC. Carved white steatite in traditional beetle form (representing Ra - rebirth), with series of good-luck glyphs on the base including an Eye of Horus and symbol of the Nile River. 14 mm x 10 mm and intact and near-choice with glyphs a bit encrusted with deposits.
Beautiful and choice! Carved jasper scarab, dating to the New Kingdom, Dynasties 18 through 20, Ca 1570 to 1070 BC. Worn as a protective or good-luck charm, carved glyphs on the reverse with Eye of Horus, Ankh (symbol of long life) and Ateph Feather. 14 mm x 10 mm and in choice condition.
