Ceramic Sculpture Egyptian Mythology

The world of Ancient Egypt is a treasure trove of inspiration for a sculptor, with its many surviving scultures of pharaohs, animal gods and other figures. I have started with these imaginative figures that invoke the idea and feeling of Ancient Egyptian Shabtis. Shabtis were statues placed in tombs, intended to act as servants in the afterlife and perform all the routine jobs of daily life. Sometimes they covered the floor around a sarcophagus and, along with scarabs, are the most numerous of all ancient Egyptian antiquities to survive. The tomb of Tutankhamun had a large number of shabtis of varying sizes. Most were ornate, with hieroglyph statements describing their tasks.

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Shabti Servant to Siptah 25cm £85

Shabti Servant to Amenemhat 25cm £85

Shabti Servant to Taharqa 26cm £85

Shabti Servant to Akhenaten 22cm £85

Shabti Servant to Ramesses 25cm £85

SHABTIS

DEITIES

God Anubis 23cm £95

God Heryshaf 23cm £95

Goddess Bastet 23cm £95

Goddess Nekhbet - the Vulture 23cm £95

God Set 23cm £95

Shabti Servant to Mentuhotep 22cm £85

Shabti Servant to Merneptah 24cm £85

Shabti Servant to Thutmose 24cm £85

Shabti Servant to Seti 24cm £85

Shabti Servant to Khutu 24cm £85

Shabti Servant to Nefertiti 23cm £85

Shabti Servant to Khafre 24cm £85

Anubis was the jackal- headed god of funerary rites, protector of graves, and guide to the underworld

Heryshaf was a ram- headed creator and fertility god identified with Ra and Osiris

Bastet was a cat- headed goddess, the protector of Lower Egypt and defender of the king.

Nekhbet was a vulture- headed goddess, the Protector of Upper Egypt.

Set was originally the god of foreigners and deserts, but many legends arose casting him as the villain.

EGYPTIAN MYTHOLOGY FIGURES SOLD

Apis

Ammit

Thoth

Tefnut