AN EGYPTIAN FAIENCE SISTRUM
AN EGYPTIAN FAIENCE SISTRUM
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AN EGYPTIAN FAIENCE SISTRUM

LATE PERIOD, 26TH DYNASTY, REIGN OF AHMOSE II, 570-526 B.C.

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AN EGYPTIAN FAIENCE SISTRUM
LATE PERIOD, 26TH DYNASTY, REIGN OF AHMOSE II, 570-526 B.C.
8 7⁄8 in. (22.5 cm.) high
Provenance
Horst and Luise Foehr, Cairo and Bonn.
Resandro Collection, Munich, acquired from the above between 1965-1972.
The Resandro Collection, Christie's, London, 6 December 2016, lot 147.
with Ariadne Galleries, New York and London, acquired from the above.
Acquired by the current owner from the above, 2017.
Literature
S. Schoske and D. Wildung, Gott und Götter im Alten Ägypten, Mainz am Rhein, 1993, p. 244, no. 149.
I. Grimm-Stadelmann, ed., Aesthetic Glimpses: Masterpieces of Egyptian Art, The Resandro Collection, Munich, 2012, p. 208, no. R-666.
Exhibited
Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung; Munich, Staatliche Sammlung Ägyptischer Kunst; Hamburg, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Gott und Götter im Alten Ägypten, 1992-1993.

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Lot Essay

The single column of hieroglyphs down one side of the handle reads: “The good god, Lord of the Two Lands, Ahmose-sa-Neith, given (or “who gives”) life, endurance/stability and dominion like Re forever.” Down the other: “The good god, Lord of the Two Lands, Khnem-ib-Re (or Khnum-ib-Re), given (or “who gives”) life, endurance/stability and dominion like Re forever.”

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