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A MASTERFULLY CARVED AMETHYST 'CAT' AMULET, BASTET, LATE PERIOD TO PTOLEMAIC ERA
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11月21日 晚上8点 开拍 / 11月19日 下午3点 截止委托
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Egypt, 664-30 BC. Seated upon an integral plinth, the tail wrapped around its right side, its front paws are held next to each other at the end of strong, broad legs, and erect pointed ears crown the finely detailed face, with a ridged suspension loop at the center of its back.The translucent stone is of a brilliant, deep-amethyst color.Condition: Excellent condition, commensurate with age. Expected natural fissures, minor nibbling, and minuscule encrustations. Provenance:- A private collection in France, acquired in 1978.- Christie's New York, 8 June 2007, lot 35, sold for USD 38,400 or approx. EUR 51,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing.- Rupert Wace Ancient Art, London, acquired from the above. Listed in June 2014 at an asking price of GBP 35,000 or approx. EUR 63,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing. Rupert Wace dated the piece to 715-332 BC at the time.- The collection of Dr. Hernan D. Ruf, Pompano Beach, by 2019, and thence by descent.Rupert Wace (b. 1955) has been a leading figure in the world of Antiquities for over forty years. A collector at heart and sometime dealer by profession, Wace's expertise ranges from ancient Egypt and the Classical world to the Near East. His clients include international collectors and many of the world's leading museums, including the British Museum, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, among others. He is a longstanding member of The Antiquities Dealer's Association (ADA) and currently sits on the board of the International Association of Dealers in Ancient Art (IADAA).Weight: 2.9 gDimensions: Height 2.4 cmAmulets were, and in many cultures still are, believed to protect the living and the dead from danger or to provide them with extraordinary power. Some amulets have the same power as the object whose shape they depict (a divinity, an animal a body part, a hieroglyph, or another symbol). Some are made of materials thought to have supernatural qualities, while some derive their power from their color. It is the instructions for use that make the amulets really effective. They must be employed in a certain way, at a certain moment, and by the right person, with the relevant spells being recited. Amulets served to protect the entice person, but were also laid on various parts of the mummy's body, and associated with the gods who had those body parts under their particular care. Jewelry and amulets are difficult to distinguish functionally. A bead can have a certain amuletic value and amulets almost always worked into jewelry. There are about 300 different types of Egyptian amulets known from all periods. Some of them remained popular for thousands of years. From about 1000 BC on, the production of amulets increased dramatically, particularly their use for the benefit of deceased persons. Dozens of specimens have thus been found on and inside mummies.In ancient Egypt, the cat personified Bastet, the goddess of fertility, pleasure, and good health. Those hoping to conceive or seeking protection against disease would make offerings to her. This often took the form of a pilgrimage to her temple, Bubastis (modern Tell Basta near Zagazig in the eastern Delta), or Memphis to deposit votive objects. Bubastis, in addition to other Egyptian sites, became the site of a large cat cemetery, in which mummified cats were deposited as votives. Skeletal evidence suggests that the mummified cats had been intentionally killed while still young, rather than having been cherished pets that died of natural causes. Small cat figurines were often wrapped in the linen bandages of the mummified remains, which were in turn placed in bronze or wooden containers in the shape of seated cats. Many of the larger, hollow-cast bronze cats can be interpreted in this way and retain an opening into the body cavity. The majority of the bronzes, however, were dedicated in shrines.Bastet was also the protector of Lower Egypt and a daughter of the sun god, Ra. Therefore, she was the defender of both Ra and Ra's representation on earth, the pharaoh. However, by the Third Intermediate Period religion was democratized and the cult of Bastet became more widespread. Numerous cat amulets made from semi-precious stones and metals have been discovered from this period onward and were likely intended to endow the wearer with Bastet's powers of fecundity and wellbeing. Often confounded with other feline-headed goddesses, Bastet is closely linked with Sekhmet. The earliest depictions of Bastet are as a lioness which showed her to be fierce and unapproachable. She was later transmogrified to a cat and seen as a more gentle, approachable, and accessible deity.Literature comparison:Compare an earlier, closely related, amethyst lion amulet, dated to the Middle Kingdom, ca. 1961-1917 BC, 6.5 cm wide, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, object number 26.7.1341.

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