Goddess Maat

CULTURE: Ancient Egypt

PERIOD: Late Period, 664 – 332 BC

MATERIAL: Faience

DIMENSIONS: 17,5 cm height total, 12,5 cm heigth without stand, 8 cm height only the figure without stand and feather.

PROVENANCE: Private collection, Paris, France. Purchased from Hôtel Drouot, Maître Maignan, October 10, 1973, lot 49.

CONDITION: Good condition. The plume is made of modern brass.

DESCRIPTION:

Maat, in ancient Egyptian religion, the personification of truth, justice, and the cosmic order. The daughter of the sun god Re, she was associated with Thoth, god of wisdom.

The ceremony of judgment of the dead (called the “Judgment of Osiris,” named for Osiris, the god of the dead) was believed to focus upon the weighing of the heart of the deceased in a scale balanced by Maat (or her hieroglyph, the ostrich feather), as a test of conformity to proper values.

In its abstract sense, maat was the divine order established at creation and reaffirmed at the accession of each new king of Egypt. In setting maat ‘order’ in place of isfet ‘disorder,’ the king played the role of the sun god, the god with the closest links to Maat. Maat stood at the head of the sun god’s bark as it traveled through the sky and the underworld. Although aspects of kingship and of maat were at times subjected to criticism and reformulation, the principles underlying these two institutions were fundamental to ancient Egyptian life and thought and endured to the end of ancient Egyptian history.



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The seller guarantees that he acquired this piece according to all national and international laws related to the ownership of cultural property. Provenance statement seen by Catawiki.
The piece includes authenticity certificate.
The piece includes Spanish Export License (Passport for European Union) - If the piece is destined outside the European Union a substitution of the export permit should be requested.



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古代艺术画廊 - 位于巴塞罗那的考古学,拥有超过 15 年的经验。擅长古典艺术、埃及艺术、亚洲艺术和前哥伦布时期艺术。它保证其所有作品的真实性。它参加了西班牙最重要的艺术博览会,例如 Feriaarte,以及国外的博览会,BRAFA、Parcours des Mondes、Cultures Brussels。 所有作品均附有西班牙文化部颁发的出口许可证。 我们通过 DHL Express 或 Direct Art Transport 快速发货。
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Goddess Maat

CULTURE: Ancient Egypt

PERIOD: Late Period, 664 – 332 BC

MATERIAL: Faience

DIMENSIONS: 17,5 cm height total, 12,5 cm heigth without stand, 8 cm height only the figure without stand and feather.

PROVENANCE: Private collection, Paris, France. Purchased from Hôtel Drouot, Maître Maignan, October 10, 1973, lot 49.

CONDITION: Good condition. The plume is made of modern brass.

DESCRIPTION:

Maat, in ancient Egyptian religion, the personification of truth, justice, and the cosmic order. The daughter of the sun god Re, she was associated with Thoth, god of wisdom.

The ceremony of judgment of the dead (called the “Judgment of Osiris,” named for Osiris, the god of the dead) was believed to focus upon the weighing of the heart of the deceased in a scale balanced by Maat (or her hieroglyph, the ostrich feather), as a test of conformity to proper values.

In its abstract sense, maat was the divine order established at creation and reaffirmed at the accession of each new king of Egypt. In setting maat ‘order’ in place of isfet ‘disorder,’ the king played the role of the sun god, the god with the closest links to Maat. Maat stood at the head of the sun god’s bark as it traveled through the sky and the underworld. Although aspects of kingship and of maat were at times subjected to criticism and reformulation, the principles underlying these two institutions were fundamental to ancient Egyptian life and thought and endured to the end of ancient Egyptian history.



Notes:
The seller guarantees that he acquired this piece according to all national and international laws related to the ownership of cultural property. Provenance statement seen by Catawiki.
The piece includes authenticity certificate.
The piece includes Spanish Export License (Passport for European Union) - If the piece is destined outside the European Union a substitution of the export permit should be requested.



卖家故事

古代艺术画廊 - 位于巴塞罗那的考古学,拥有超过 15 年的经验。擅长古典艺术、埃及艺术、亚洲艺术和前哥伦布时期艺术。它保证其所有作品的真实性。它参加了西班牙最重要的艺术博览会,例如 Feriaarte,以及国外的博览会,BRAFA、Parcours des Mondes、Cultures Brussels。 所有作品均附有西班牙文化部颁发的出口许可证。 我们通过 DHL Express 或 Direct Art Transport 快速发货。
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文化
古埃及
Name of object
玛特女神的雕像,真相。晚期,公元前 664 - 332 年。稀有的。 17.5 厘米高。
世纪/时段
Late Period 664-332 B.C .
起源
私人收藏
国家
未知
材质
Faience
状态

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