EditorialIndia: A sadhu or wandering holy man or ascetic, replete with necklaces made of sacred rudraksha seeds (Elaeocarpus ganitrus), symbols of the god Shiva, as he is often depicted wearing rudraksha malas (necklaces, garlands), Bhuleshwar business area, Mumbai
EditorialRelief fragments of two sacred emblems, Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 11, reign of Mentuhotep II, early, ca. 20512030 B.C., From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Deir el-Bahri, Tomb of Neferu, 192325, Limestone, paint, H. 49.5 x W. 67.5 cm (19 1/2 x 26 9/16 in.).
EditorialAegis of Sakhmet or Bastet, Late Period?Ptolemaic Period, 664?30 B.C., From Egypt, Faience, l. 4 cm (1 9/16 in.) ? w. 4 cm (1 9/16 in.), An aegis is a collarlike necklace (often called a broad-collar) bearing a divine head as symbol of protection and f...
EditorialCup on foot with Hebrew inscription, Slightly conical foot, on the underside a cut star. Funnel shaped chalice, rounded and faceted on the underside, on which a Hebrew text is engraved in a garland of floral vines, coming from a cornucopia: At the plac...
EditorialThe Duke of Alva receives from Pius V as a thank you a sacred hat and sword, a medal on the festivities at those occasion and as a warning for coming disaster, Copper Medal. Obverse: government apple with inscription between the year within the inscrip...
EditorialAegis of Sakhmet or Bastet, Late Period?Ptolemaic Period, 664?30 B.C., From Egypt, Faience, l. 4 cm (1 9/16 in.) ? w. 4 cm (1 9/16 in.), An aegis is a collarlike necklace (often called a broad-collar) bearing a divine head as symbol of protection and f...
EditorialHand guard with sacred cord, Rounded rectangular tsuba with slightly raised edge, on the front inlaid with different colored metals (iroe takazogan) a shimenawa (holy cord), on which two lucky notes, a yuzuri leaf and two fern leaves are hung, signed '...
EditorialAegis of Sakhmet or Bastet, Late Period?Ptolemaic Period, 664?30 B.C., From Egypt, Faience, l. 4 cm (1 9/16 in.) ? w. 4 cm (1 9/16 in.), An aegis is a collarlike necklace (often called a broad-collar) bearing a divine head as symbol of protection and f...
EditorialMonumental Bodhisattva Head, 5th century, Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara), Stucco, H. 19 3/4 in. (50.2 cm); W. 10 in. (25.4 cm); D. 10 in. (25.4 cm), Sculpture, This head comes from a scupture that would have been more than twelve feet tall and l...
EditorialCat head, Late Period?Ptolemaic Period, 664?30 B.C., From Egypt, Cupreous metal, H. 4.2 cm (1 5/8 in.); W. 3.5 cm (1 3/8 in.); D. 3.7 cm (1 7/16 in.), The cat was sacred to the goddess Bastet, and was offered in sanctuaries and deposited in animal necr...
EditorialCat on base inscribed for Bastet and an offerer, Late Period?Ptolemaic Period, 664?30 B.C., From Egypt, Cupreous metal, H. 4.8 cm (1 7/8 in.); W. 2.5 cm (1 in.); L. 5.7 cm (2 1/4 in.), Bastet was a powerful goddess of Lower Egypt, one who was protectiv...
EditorialTwo cats surmounting a box for an animal mummy, Late Period?Ptolemaic Period, 664?30 B.C., From Egypt, Cupreous metal, H. 9.4 cm (3 11/16 in.); W. 8.7 cm (3 7/16 in.); D. 6.8 cm (2 11/16 in.), Bastet was a powerful goddess of Lower Egypt, one who was p...
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