A TERRACOTTA MOULD IN TWO PARTS WITH HATHOR HEAD

NEW KINGDOM, SECOND HALF OF DYNASTY XVIII (1550-1307 B.C.)

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A TERRACOTTA MOULD IN TWO PARTS WITH HATHOR HEAD
NEW KINGDOM, SECOND HALF OF DYNASTY XVIII (1550-1307 B.C.)
A cylindrical two part mould, each half impressed with two representations of the head of Hathor, the cow's head and a woman's head, the head of the goddess appears as both a young and mature woman, the exterior with three horizontal grooves at the joining edges

Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
E. Lessing and P. Vernus, Les Dieux de l'Egypte, Paris, 1998, p. 30.

This mould would have been used to impress in relief the decorative heads of Hathor on faience vases.

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