Lot de deux bractés depicting a frontal head of the god Bes and an upside-down A…

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Lot de deux bractés

depicting a frontal head of the god Bes and an upside-down Aurus falcon. Egypt or Levant, Late Period Certificate of authenticity from Galerie Ritter, Düsseldorf

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Lot de deux bractés

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Estim. 800 - 1 000 EUR

Egyptian Faience Block Bead with Bes and Amun. New Kingdom, 19th-20th Dynasty, 1279-1081 B.C. Rectangular bead with reserved image of Bes to one face, hieroglyphs to the reverse giving the legend 'beautiful praise (of) Amun'. Cf. Petrie, W.M.F., Button and Design Scarabs, London, 1925, pl. XXX, no. 1122, for a similar Bes design on a block bead. 1.31 grams, 13 mm (1/2 in.). Ex Emile Bouillon Bey, c. 1880. From the Gaston Maspero Archaeological Fund. with Hotel des Ventes du Perigord, Bergerac, 24 June 2007. Property of a French collector. Bes became one of ancient Egypt's most popular apotropaic deities from the New Kingdom onwards. Despite his somewhat fearful appearance, Bes was the patron and protector of pregnant women and children. He was also believed to protect from snakes. [No Reserve]

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AN ANONYMOUS PAINTING WITH THE REPRESENTATION FROM THE SERIES OF THE SUBLIME GODS OF EARTH ‚TUFU‘ China, Ming dynasty, ca. 16th c. 143 x 60 cm, R. The deities depicted with dragon head are the Taoist dragon kings of the East. The gods of the earth are higher Taoist deities, subordinate only to the highest three pure ones. There are a total of 9 lei (groups) of gods for the earth, in each lei there are four, therefore a total of 36 gods for the earth. The flags were executed in the style of the 16th century. Ink and colors on paper, framed under glass. Old South German private collection, assembled before 1980 by repute - Minor damages due to age, restorations

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CHINE - XIXème siècle

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Gilded bronze subject depicting the three-headed, six-armed, eight-legged tantric god Hayagriva, standing in pratyālīḍhāsana on a lotiform base, his hands in vitarka-mudra, two holding the vajra and ghanta bell, three horse heads emerging from his flaming hair encased in a crown of citipatti heads. Base sealed by a plate adorned with a gilded vishvavajra. H. 19.5 cm

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