Ptolemaic Period, 332-30 BC. A carved wooden figurine of the Ba, or soul, in avian form with human head on a rectangular base, pierced vertically; red, blue, white and black pigment detailing. 64 grams, 10.5cm (4"). Fair condition. [No Reserve] Property of a Gloucestershire, UK collector; acquired UK, 1990-2015. The ancient Egyptians believed that a human soul was made up of five parts: the Ren, the Ba, the Ka, the Sheut, and the Ib. The Ba was everything that makes an individual unique, similar to the notion of 'personality' and was an aspect of a person that the Egyptians believed would live after the body died, and it is sometimes depicted as a human-headed bird flying out of the tomb to join with the 'Ka' in the afterlife. The Ba could not survive in the afterlife without offerings being made by the relatives of the deceased at a tomb chapel, and the Ba was believed to visit these chapels and partake of the offerings left for it.
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12th-8th century BC. A large ceramic figurine with columnar body and flared base, applied discs to the breasts, right arm flexed with hand placed flat on the chest, left arm pierced vertically at the sub hand; two facing heads each with an applied collar and disc eyes, both with a flat headdress. 225 grams, 21cm (8 1/4"). Ex Kinnard collection, Oxford, UK, formed in the early 1980s; thence by decent 2015, with a dealers label and guarantee by Ancient Times, Oxford, UK. Fine condition.
2nd millennium BC. A bronze figurine of a goddess standing with her hands supporting her breasts, rounded cap with incised eye motif to the upper face; pierced between the feet for attachment. 22 grams, 46mm (1 3/4"). From a West Sussex collection formed before 1980. Very fine condition. [No Reserve]
Later 2nd millennium BC. A bronze figurine of an advancing warrior in conical helmet and tunic, the right arms raised and hand pierced to accept a spear, the left arm thrust forward to accept a shield; large attachment pegs beneath the feet. 46 grams, 90mm (3 3/4"). Fine condition. [No Reserve] Property of a Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK, collector.
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