Plaster Relief - 24.5 cm (No reserve price)

4 COPIES of fragments of ancient Egypt, reproduced for the Egyptian Museum by the Gipsoteca of the Academy of Turin in Bologna plaster, and, where present, gouache polychromy. Year 1999/2000

1. PLASTER CAST – SHOSHENQ I, AMUN AND THE WAS ET DEITY

GROVE-CAST in plaster of Egyptian relief – Shoshenq I, Amun and Waset – Bubastite Portal, Karnak

Interesting painted plaster cast reproducing a celebrated scene from the Bubastite Portal of Karnak, one of the most important monuments of the XXII Dynasty of Egypt.
The composition depicts the pharaoh Shoshenq I during the traditional scene of subjugation of enemies. The sovereign is accompanied by the deity Amun, while the divine personification of Waset (Thebes) participates in the scene. Also visible are jaw-dropping inscriptions with names, the oval elements symbolically representing the cities and peoples subjugated.
The Bubastite Portal was created under Shoshenq I, a ruler who reigned approximately between 945 and 924 BC. Its decorations celebrate the pharaoh’s military campaigns in the Levant and constitute one of the most important monumental witnesses of his reign. The original monument is made of sandstone and is preserved at Karnak, in the temple area.
The present item is a painted plaster reproduction/cast, not an original archaeological fragment.
A particularly decorative and interesting piece for collectors of Egyptian art, museum reproductions, and the history of ancient Egypt.

Period represented by the original: XXII Dynasty, about the 10th century BC
Material of the present piece: Bologna polychrome plaster
Type: cast/reproduction of Egyptian relief
Provenance of the original: Bubastite Portal, Karnak, Egypt
Dimensions: 35.5 x 24.5 x 1.8 cm Weight 1800 grams.

2. PLASTER CAST – SEATED HATHOR ON THE THRONE

GROVE-CAST in plaster of Osiris enthroned – Atef crown, staff and flail

Interesting painted plaster cast depicting an Egyptian deity seated on the throne, represented with a series of regal and funerary attributes particularly characteristic of Osiris iconography.
Careful observation shows the headdress appears to correspond to the Atef crown: a central white crown flanked by vertical elements resembling feathers and completed by other elements at the base. In the hands the deity holds two distinctive symbols of Egyptian kingship, the crook (heka) and the flail (nekhakha), crossed in front of the body.
The combination of the Atef crown with the crook and flail is strongly associated with Osiris, god of resurrection, the afterlife, and ruler of the underworld. The collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Egyptian Museum in Cairo document numerous depictions of Osiris in which the god wears the Atef crown and holds the staff and flail as symbols of royalty. The Egyptian Museum in Cairo also specifically documents depictions of Osiris seated on the throne with the Atef crown and the two royal attributes.
The panel also features a band of hieroglyphic signs at the top and inscriptions on the sides of the figure. These elements suggest a reproduction of a relief or a monumental Egyptian scene. The precise original monument or location could not be identified from the available photographs alone.
This object is a cast or painted plaster reproduction, not an original archaeological find. The presence of the deity on the throne, the Atef crown, and the royal attributes nonetheless make this piece particularly striking for collectors of Egyptian art, museum reproductions, and the history of ancient Egypt.

Proposed identification: Osiris,
Iconography: seated deity on the throne with Atef crown, crook, and flail
Material of the present piece: Bologna polychrome plaster
Type: cast or reproduction of Egyptian relief
Dimensions: 12.5 x 23.7 x 0.8 cm Weight 220 grams.

3. PLASTER CAST – FRAGMENT OF HIEROGLYPHIC INSCRIPTION WITH CARTOUCHES

GROVE-CAST of Egyptian relief with hieroglyphs and royal cartouche

Interesting fragment of Egyptian relief in plaster characterized by a series of columns of hieroglyphs and, on the right, a conspicuous royal cartouche.
The cartouche is one of the most characteristic elements of Egyptian monumental writing: the oval shape normally encloses the sovereign’s name.
The inscription presents several hieroglyphic signs arranged vertically according to the traditional layout of monumental inscriptions. The panel could therefore be a reproduction of a fragment from a monument or a stele, but the precise original was not identified.
This object is a cast/reproduction in painted plaster, not an original archaeological fragment. The rendering of the hieroglyphs and the cartouche nevertheless makes it a particularly decorative and interesting item for collectors of Egyptian art reproductions, museum casts, or objects related to

Typology: fragment of relief with hieroglyphic inscription
Main element: royal cartouche
Material of the present piece: Bologna polychrome plaster
Sovereign depicted: not identified with certainty
Dimensions: 9 x 21.3 x 0.8 cm Weight 190 grams.

4. PLASTER CAST – DIVINITY AMUN

GROVE-CAST in plaster of the Egyptian god Amun

Amun (or Amon) is one of the most important and complex deities in Egyptian religion, whose name means “the Hidden.” Initially venerated as a local god of wind and air in Thebes, his influence grew during the Middle Kingdom until becoming the king of the gods and the protector of the pharaoh.
Merged with the sun god Ra into the immense entity Amun-Ra, he embodied the supreme creator of the universe and the guarantor of cosmic order. Often depicted with a headdress topped by two tall feathers or in ram form, he formed the Theban Triad with his wife Mut and their son Khonsu. His principal cult center was the monumental temple of Karnak.
A particularly decorative and interesting piece for collectors of Egyptian art, museum reproductions, and the history of ancient Egypt.

Period represented by the original: XXII Dynasty, about the 10th century BC
Material of the present piece: Bologna polychrome plaster
Type: cast/reproduction of Egyptian relief
Provenance of the original: Bubastite Portal, Karnak, Egypt
Dimensions: 15.1 x 5.2 x 0.8 cm Weight 100 grams.

Total weight 2310 grams + packing

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