Lot Essay
The Ba-bird represented the soul of the deceased person who was thought of as a human-headed falcon.
For similar cf. H. Schäffer, Ägyptische Goldschmiedearbeiten, Mitteilungen aud de Ägyptische Sammlung, I, Berlin, 1910, p. 36, no. 38, pls. 1, 9; R. Fazzini, Images for Eternity, The Brooklyn Museum, 1975, p. 126, no. 110; Jewelry Ancient to Modern, The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, 1979, pl. 118; C. Andrews, Ancient Egyptian Jewellery, The British Museum, 1990, p. 130, 194, pl. 113b; and Christie's London, 8 June 1988, lot 179 for an inlaid winged scarab originally in the Henry Walters and Ernst Brummer collections, now in the Ägyptisches Museum, Berlin (cf. B. Fay, Egyptian Museum, Berlin, 1990, pp. 50-51, no. 26).
For similar cf. H. Schäffer, Ägyptische Goldschmiedearbeiten, Mitteilungen aud de Ägyptische Sammlung, I, Berlin, 1910, p. 36, no. 38, pls. 1, 9; R. Fazzini, Images for Eternity, The Brooklyn Museum, 1975, p. 126, no. 110; Jewelry Ancient to Modern, The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, 1979, pl. 118; C. Andrews, Ancient Egyptian Jewellery, The British Museum, 1990, p. 130, 194, pl. 113b; and Christie's London, 8 June 1988, lot 179 for an inlaid winged scarab originally in the Henry Walters and Ernst Brummer collections, now in the Ägyptisches Museum, Berlin (cf. B. Fay, Egyptian Museum, Berlin, 1990, pp. 50-51, no. 26).