An Egyptian Faience Sow with Piglets
Sale 910 - Antiquities & Ethnographic Art
Nov 18, 2021
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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Estimate
$500 -
700
Price Realized
$313
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Lot Description
An Egyptian Faience Sow with Piglets
Late Period to Ptolemaic Period, 664-30 B.C.
Height 1 inch (2.5 cm).
Property from a Midwest Private Collection
Provenance:
Collection of Mr. Richard James, Collingswood, New Jersey, acquired in the late 1960s - early 1970s.
Private Collection, New York, prior to 2005.
Note:
This mint-green amulet depicts Nut, the sky goddess, in animal form. The sow's arched back mirrors earth's firmament, while the seven piglets at her feet symbolize the stars.
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