Referencia: ANG13 / ANG28   Nombre: The Egyptian Bes   Tamaño: 6cm.   Material: Bronze / Silver   Precio: 43,8€ / 64,24€ Descripción: The Egyptian Bes spreads his panoply of beneficent powers for the person who has it: protector of the birth, of the childhood, god of the joy. Hathor´s husband and local god of Helliopolis. Through the Punic trade (Ebussus) this divinity arrived in Iberia and is adopted as emblem of the Ebussus coinings.

Referencia: ANG12 / ANG27   Nombre: Ptah Pateco   Tamaño: 4,5cm.   Material: Bronze / Silver   Precio: 26,28€ / 54,31€ Descripción: Grotesque figure identifiable with the dworf Ptah Pateco, used in magical ceremonias protectors of the birth. Creative divinity, protector of craftsmans, and particularly goldsmiths, was adored in Memphis.

Referencia: ACOR40   Nombre: Greek-Egyptian ring   Tamaño:   Material: Bronze   Precio: 21,98€ Descripción: Greek-Egyptian ring. Zeus´head with beard on the right following the ptolemaic model. Baroque high relief with ring shape. II Century before Christ.

Referencia: VIC12   Nombre: Artemis from Efesus   Tamaño: 15 cm.   Material: Terracotta   Precio: 20,13€ Descripción: Representation of Artemis, the twin sister of Apollo and Lady of the animals, with the Bella style, whose cult was developed in the Artemision of Efeso. The iconography is complex, so far considered Polimasta, with many breasts; other authors state that the protuberances represent the dates of a plam-tree to which her mother Leto, when she was giving birth, held, symbol of fertility, or the testicles o fox sacrified in rituals propitiatory of virility, which could be hanging from hooks put on to the wooden xoanon. Standing, front with his arms forward, she holds a high conic hat (tolos). In her breast, crescent moon, and in her body, tubular, animal protome (it is the Potnia Theron) in the original made of marble. On the throne in century II after death.

Referencia: VIC13   Nombre: Bust of Artemis   Tamaño: 9 cm.   Material: Terracotta   Precio: 20,16€ Descripción: Bust of Artemis. See complete reference of Artemis efesia. Hollow bust od the goddess, different to the previous reference.

Referencia: ANG11 / ANG26   Nombre: Escarabeus of Heart   Tamaño: 11 cm.   Material: Bronze / Silver   Precio: 43,8€ / 73€ Descripción: The beattle or Scarabeus of spread wings, is the representation of the solar cycle and of the divinity that controls it (Kepher or Khephre). The wings added (Isaac motif) are typical of the escarabeos of Herat, talismans to be placed on the heart in the mummification process, beside the four sons of Horus. The presence of Egyptian objects (Aegyptiaca) in sites of the Iberian Peninsula is relatively numerous due to the Punic trade.

Referencia: ANG20 / ANG24   Nombre: Medallion Coin of Ptolomeo   Tamaño: 3 cm.   Material: Bronze / Silver   Precio: 23,36€ / 40,88€ Descripción: The lagides adopted Zeus´ head as a motif for obverse, and the eagle of the Helenic epopeia during his government in Egypt . Coined by Ptolomeo II Philadelpho, descendant from the diacodo Lagos , general of Alexandre.

Referencia: AGUS9   Nombre: The banquet of the party of the desert velley   Tamaño: 25x12x1,5 cms.   Material: Chemical transfer of inks, finishing touches with oil and patina of wax on baked clay.   Precio: 36€ Descripción: Tomb of Nakht, in Qurna, at the West of Tebas. Dynasty XVIII, about 1490 before Christ. The desert valley, today Deir el Bahari, was the place where every year the god Ammon used to go to beget a son with Hathor. A pilgrimage and a big banquet were celebrated, with many offerings, before the king, to whom all the inhabitants of the Tebaida used to go, called the “beautiful party of the desert valley”. The funereal banquet was made more pleasant by musicians and female dancers, harp, lute, cymbal and sistro players. It is remarkable the quality of the painting, which uses no longer the plain colour and the pure line, and it is richer concerning colours instead, and also, the usage of thev” veladura” and formal and new compositions.

Referencia: AGUS5   Nombre: Young oxherd   Tamaño: 25x12x1,5 cms.   Material: Chemical transfer on terracotta, oil and waxes.   Precio: 36€ Descripción: Tomb of Nebanum. XVIII Dynasty. Lovely scene in which a teenager pasture ox herds. The appealing contrast of line and colours on a light background and the naturalism of the scene are a result of the detail observation of the artist. He takes us to the environments of everyday scenes that are in the tombs, where the agricultural motifs are everywhere forming the essence itself of the Life of the Ancient Egypt. Other beautiful compositions of this tomb are the female dancers and the funereal banquet.

Referencia: AGUS1   Nombre: Cosecha del Lino   Tamaño: 30x15x1,5 cms.   Material: Transferencia sobre terracota, retoques de óleo y pátina de ceras.   Precio: 42€ Descripción: Tumba de Sennedjem, entre 1.306 y 1.290 a .C. Las escenas agrícolas en la decoración funeraria tiene un carácter narrativo y se disponen secuencialmente en planos verticales. Magnífica ilustración de la vida cotidiana, aquí podemos ver, en hermosos tonos cálidos que sugieren la luminosidad del verano, a un agricultor que separa las gavillas del lino seguido por su esposa, que seguramente las ata. El lino era un tejido muy apreciado y de múltiples aplicaciones, cuyo cultivo estaba muy extendido gracias al fecundo limo del padre Nilo.

Referencia: AGUS2   Nombre: The Sowing   Tamaño: 20x15x1,5 cms.   Material: Chemical transfer on terracotta, oil patinas and wax.   Precio: 36€ Descripción: An old myth told used to tell that Isis was the one who taught the growing and the collection of the wheat and the barley to Egyptian people. The cereals cultivated since the Neolithic in Egypt are wheat, in its “escanda ” variety, and barley. A variety of millet was also cultivated, the durah. The tarts of bread were the basis of their diet, that is why the sowing of the beginning of September was so important.

Referencia: AGUS6   Nombre: Mourners   Tamaño: 25x12x1,5 cms   Material: Chemical transfer of inks, oil patinas and wax on terracottas.   Precio: 36€ Descripción: Tomb of ramose. About 1380 before Christ. The complex funereal ceremonies were absolutely ritualised. We can see a group of offerers in front of the meeting of mourners attired with blue lineal cloaks: the setting of the group and the gesture of each of them raising their arms and looking at the sky is an stereotype, a proclamation of pain but at the same time an act of pleading, whose contents are told calligraphically. On the original fresco painting the scene is integrated in a procession where the people that take part in it are placed in perfect order holding three-lotus bunches.

Referencia: AGUS8   Nombre: Jau with her granddaughters   Tamaño: 20x20x1,5 cms.   Material: Chemical transfer of inks on terracotta, oil and wax.   Precio: 36€ Descripción: Temple of Anhur. The characteristic depiction of sitting lovers and from the side, relaxed and young, in this case surrounded by grandchildren with a singular haircut, idealizes the family Egyptian life and wants to leave an everlasting testimony of that joy by including it in the motifs of decoration of the tombs.

Referencia: AGUS3   Nombre: Los padres de Nakht   Tamaño: 20x20x1,5 cms.   Material: Transferencia sobre terracota, pátina de óleo y ceras.   Precio: 36€ Descripción: Los padres de Nakht, dueño de la tumba. Tumba 52 de la necrópolis de Tebas. Dinastía XVIII. Los esposos, padres del dueño de la tumba, son homenajeados y representados para la eternidad por su hijo. Aparecen jóvenes y compenetrados, idealizados, descansando mientras aspiran la fragancia pura del loto, cargado de simbología.

Referencia: AGUS7   Nombre: The grape harvest   Tamaño: 30x15x1,5 cms.   Material: Chemical transfer of inks on terracottas, finishing touches of oil and wax patinas.   Precio: 42€ Descripción: Tomb of Nakht or Najt. Qurna, west of Tebas. About 1490 before Christ. Nakht was a scribe of Tutmosis IV, and also an astronomer. His rich tomb is decorated with scenes of hunting of birds on the shores of the Nile , between high lotus leaves, grape harvest, most treading and filling of the amphoras. Leafy vines plenty of grape bunches are located forming a high arch, under which two characters fill the baskets. The fresh narrative of the scene is almost bucolic, as it shows abundance and the work seems gratifying, inside a generous nature.

Referencia: AGUS4   Nombre: The gooses of Meidum   Tamaño: 25x12x1,5 cms.   Material: Chemical transfer of inks, oil patinas and wax.   Precio: 36€ Descripción: Mastaba of Nefermaat. Beginning of the IV dynasty. Three pairs of gooses disposed with exquisite detail, naturalist in the shape, but idealised in the composition and treatment of the colour. This could be obtained from mineral pigments mixed in an organic emulsion, of glues or egg.

Referencia: FAYUM1   Nombre: Joven dama de Fayum   Tamaño: 20x25 cms.   Material: Oil on cedar   Precio: 76€ Descripción: Museum Staatliche. Berlin. It comes from Philadelphia , city dedicated to Arsinoe, next to Fayoum. 138 to 192 after death. The Greek-Aegyptian artists of the Fayum used to paint with the technic encaustic , that is, with wartered-down wax, and on the board the portraits of the deceased, using it to cover the face between the strips of their mummies. Some have a great artistic quality, although up to four styles have been established. The young woman, with expressive look, remarks her beauty wearing a simple gown.

Referencia: FAYUM2   Nombre: Eirené, daughter of Sil   Tamaño: 20x25 cms.   Material: Oil on cedar board   Precio: 116€ Descripción: 45 after death. The Impressionist technic, favoured by the fast cooling of the trace of wax, the penetrating and expressive look, and the admirable naturalismo of these paintings are one of the best examples of the Roman portrait art. In any case, due to the fact that the rest of the Roman paintings kept are on walls, because of the difficulty of preservation of the wood for almost two mileniums, each of these boards is a Historic jewel, a real resurrection of the past. Nowadays, they are scattered all over the best museums of the World. The young woman, attired with a golden-leaved crown of laurel, seems watching us from the silence.

Referencia: FAYUM3   Nombre: The European   Tamaño: 20x25 cms.   Material: Oil painting on cedar board   Precio: 76€ Descripción: Louvre. It comes from Antinoópolis. Dated between 137 and 148 after death. The models of Fayum are young people, datum according the short longevity of that time. Some specialists state, although not for all the cases, that the portraits had to be made when the model lived (the British investigador Petrie found a portrait with signs of having been framed).

Referencia: FAYUM4   Nombre: Portrait of man   Tamaño: 20x25 cms.   Material: Oil painting on cedar   Precio: 116€ Descripción: British museum. It comes from Philadelphia, Egypt. Dated between 150 and 180 after death. Male portrait, with beard as the Adrianea fashion, attired with a golden crown of laurel. With calm and penetrating expresión, this splendid portrait seems to tell us the story of this man, Greek culturally, very likely to be born Egyptian, Roman because of the civilization.

Referencia: FAYUM5   Nombre: Mask of mummy   Tamaño: Small board sized 20x25 cms   Material: Oil painting on cedar   Precio: 116€ Descripción: British Museum. It comes from Er-Rubayat. Dated between 160 and 170 after death. Expressive and beautiful head of young woman. This board shows the purpose of the portrait, attempt of remaining of the memory, surprisingly obtained in this case. The excavations of Er-Rubayat provide excellent examples of encaustic paints in its original context.

Referencia: FAYUM6   Nombre: The soldier   Tamaño: 20x25 cms.   Material: Oil painting on cedar   Precio: 116€ Descripción: 110 to 130 after death. Young man identified as a militar commander, with long face, big expressive eyes and triangular beard, with crown of laurel. Over the gown , he wears a crossed belt and a cloak on his shoulder. The influence of Helenism in Egypt is from 332 before Christ, after the conquest of Alexandre. His succesors, from Lagos on, strengthened a hard Helenistic presence on his distributing to the discharged soldiers portions of land, rising in that way a social class of landowners deeply influenced by the Greek culture. Cities such as Alejandria, Naucratis, Ptlolemaida and Antinoópolis had an important Greek-Helenistic colony.

Referencia: FAYUM7   Nombre: Isidora   Tamaño: 20x25 cms.   Material: Oil painting on cedar   Precio: 116€ Descripción: It comes from Hawara. Dated about 125 after death. Noble lady with many jewels. The paintings of The Fayum talk about the unquestionable syncretism of the Egyptian and Greek cultures, as they depict rites and funereal Egyptian beliefs told in a Helenistic naturalist style. The deceased were mummified according to the Egyptian customs, but their clothing, hairstyles and ornaments tell us that their everyday existence was inserted like the Helenistic-Roman lifestyle.

Referencia: FAYUM8   Nombre: Young lady of Hawara   Tamaño: 20x25 cms.   Material: Oil painting on cedar   Precio: 76€ Descripción: Museum of El Cairo. Nechropolis of Hawara. Between 138 and 161 after death. Portrait of a young lady, oval face and beautiful eyes, maybe of Greek.Egyptian ethnic, with very natural hairstyle and necklace on the thin neck. The most well-known of thses portraits come from the nechropoli of El Fayum, plain located to the southeast of El Cairo, agricultural rich area since the Antiquity. Some portraits come from some other places such as Antinoópolis, Philadelphia, Hawara and Akhmin. The first example of we have heard was discovered in El Fayum, in 1615, by the traveller Pietro Della Valle and at the end of the XIX century, when Fliners Petrie was digging in that place, the portraits were already around several European countries and United States.

Referencia: FAYUM9   Nombre: Portrait of the gowned man   Tamaño: 20x25 cms.   Material: Oil painting. Cedar board   Precio: 116€ Descripción: Extraordinary male portrait, a noble of the Helenistic elite. The influence of the Helenism in Egypt goes back to 332 before Christ, after the conquest of Alexandre. (repetido)

Referencia: FAYUM10   Nombre: The Smile   Tamaño: 20x25 cms.   Material: Oil painting on cedar   Precio: 116€ Descripción: Metropolitan Museum of New York. Dated about 160 after death. Brilliant portrait of lady in which the expressivity of her look and the mastery of the painter handling the free outline. These funereal paintings have been dated between the I and III centuries of our Age, that is, under the Roman domination, a time in which in Egypt several races, cultures and language coexist. An important element for the accurate dating have been the hairstyles, adapted to the fashion coming from the metrópoli. The richest familias kept then the tradition of mummifying their deceased people, but it will not be until the kingdom of Tiberio (14-37 after death) when the first portraits made by Helenistic painters appear.

Referencia: FAYUM11   Nombre: Mujer Severa   Tamaño: 20x25 cms.   Material: Oleo sobre cedro   Precio: 76€ Descripción: Museum of Art . Kansas . Entre 140-150 d.C. Oleo sobre cedro. Las pinturas de El Fayum nos hablan de un indudable sincretismo de las culturas egipcia y griega, ya que plasman ritos y creencias funerarias egipcias narradas en un estilo naturalista helenístico. Los fallecidos eran momificados según las costumbres egipcias, pero sus vestidos, peinados y adornos nos expresan que su existencia cotidiana se insertaba en el modo de vida helenístico-romano. Estamos en unos tiempos contradictorios en que hombres y mujeres que vestían y se nos ofrecen como romanos mantenían, sin embargo, sus creencias en los mitos egipcios plasmados en el ritual de la momificación y la identificación de los muertos con los dioses Osiris e Isis.

Referencia: FAYUM12   Nombre: Background of the two brothers   Tamaño: 25x25 cms.   Material: Oil painting on cedar board   Precio: 125€ Descripción: Museum of El Cairo. It comes from Antinoópolis. 125-150 after death. These two men never could have imagined that their portraits, completely current because of their naturalism, were going to be contemplated and admired in other times by thousands of people. They are works of art which, because of their purpose, we should never have been able to admire. Thank to them, however, those men and women of the Old Egypt recover now life and their intention of inmmortality has been reached.

Referencia: FAYUM13   Nombre: Retrato de hombre de Fayum   Tamaño: 20x25 cms.   Material: Oleo sobre cedro   Precio: 116€ Descripción: Retrato de hombre de Fayum