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PROPERTY FROM THE PLAISANT JOZEF NESTOR COLLECTION
AN EGYPTIAN FAIENCE SISTRUM HANDLE
LATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXVI, REIGN OF AMASIS, 570-526 B.C.
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AN EGYPTIAN FAIENCE SISTRUM HANDLE
Late Period, Dynasty XXVI, Reign of Amasis, 570-526 B.C.
Apple-green in color, depicting the head of cow-eared Hathor without a wig as the base for the naos-shaped sound box, decorated with a uraeus, both sides identical except for the slightly differing columns of hieroglyphic text, one side reading, "The good God, the lord of the two lands, Khnum-ib-re, given life eternally" and the other reading, "the good god, lord of the two lands, Pharaoh Ahmose sa-Neith, given life eternally"
5 7/8 in. (15 cm) high
Late Period, Dynasty XXVI, Reign of Amasis, 570-526 B.C.
Apple-green in color, depicting the head of cow-eared Hathor without a wig as the base for the naos-shaped sound box, decorated with a uraeus, both sides identical except for the slightly differing columns of hieroglyphic text, one side reading, "The good God, the lord of the two lands, Khnum-ib-re, given life eternally" and the other reading, "the good god, lord of the two lands, Pharaoh Ahmose sa-Neith, given life eternally"
5 7/8 in. (15 cm) high
Provenance
Antiquities and Islamic Art, Sotheby's New York, 4 June 1998, lot 87