Ancient Egyptian Faience Shu Amulet
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Selected by Ruth Garrido Vila
Directed the Ifergan Collection Museum, specialising in Phoenician and Mediterranean archaeology.
Estimate € 400 - € 500
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This Ancient Egyptian faience Shu amulet, dating to the Late Period (26th–30th Dynasty, circa 664–332 BC), depicts Shu kneeling with raised arms beneath a sun disk.
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Fine ancient Egyptian faience Shu Amulet. Shu kneels with arms raised, a sun disk is shown over his head, alluding to the sky. He is the god of the air and associated with the principle of life. In the Heliopolitan creation myth, Shu initiated life by raising the sky to separate it from the earth.
For a comparable amulet see (last picture):
- W. M. Flinders Petrie, Amulets, pl. XXX , 167 e,f
Date: Egypt, Late Period, 26th - 30th Dynasty, circa 664 - 332 B.C.
Material: Faience
Size: ca. 1,5 cm
Condition: intact
Provenance: private Frech collection, prior to that estate (S.T., East Sussex, Great Britain), bought from the former owner while he was based in Egypt during WW2 from a dealer in Cairo called: "Sheik Hamad Ibrahi, Antiquities, Dealer Mena House, Pyramides-Cairo“
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Fine ancient Egyptian faience Shu Amulet. Shu kneels with arms raised, a sun disk is shown over his head, alluding to the sky. He is the god of the air and associated with the principle of life. In the Heliopolitan creation myth, Shu initiated life by raising the sky to separate it from the earth.
For a comparable amulet see (last picture):
- W. M. Flinders Petrie, Amulets, pl. XXX , 167 e,f
Date: Egypt, Late Period, 26th - 30th Dynasty, circa 664 - 332 B.C.
Material: Faience
Size: ca. 1,5 cm
Condition: intact
Provenance: private Frech collection, prior to that estate (S.T., East Sussex, Great Britain), bought from the former owner while he was based in Egypt during WW2 from a dealer in Cairo called: "Sheik Hamad Ibrahi, Antiquities, Dealer Mena House, Pyramides-Cairo“
Dispatch only to addresses within the EU.
The authenticity of the item is unconditionally guaranteed.
This item is accompanied with an illustrated Certificate of Authenticity.
Details
Culture
Ancient Egyptian
Century/timeframe
Late Period, 26th - 30th Dynasty, circa 664 - 332 B.C.
Name of object
Shu Amulet
Acquired from
Auction house
Year acquired
2019
Material
Faience
Country acquired from
France
Condition
Good
Previous owner acquired from
Auction house
Previous owner - year acquired
2019
Previous owner - country acquired from
United Kingdom
I verify that I have obtained this object legally and that I am allowed to sell it
Yes
Authenticity
Original/official
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