A PALE TURQUOISE FAIENCE ‘HARE’ AMULET, THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXI-XXV

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A PALE TURQUOISE FAIENCE ‘HARE’ AMULET, THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXI-XXV This lot is from a single owner collection and is therefore offered without reserve Egypt, circa 1069-664 BC. The recumbent hare with long ears and leonine facial features, on integral base, pierced for suspension below ears. Important Note: For essential information on the Jorgen Ruben Gallery Ledger and provenance documentation please visit here: www.zacke.at/rubencollection_ledger Dimensions: Length 2.7 cm Indigenous to Egypt, the desert hare (also known as the Cape hare) has been depicted on manuscripts, clothing, and architecture for millennia. Hares represented the female desire to produce a large number of offspring with the greatest of ease and least pain. Images of desert rabbits are attested from as early as the Naqada III period (c. 3200-3000 BC), but they were not utilized as amulets until the Old Kingdom. In the Middle Kingdom, faience figurines and amulets of cape hares were often deposited in tombs, as their generative powers were thought to help the deceased be reborn into the afterlife. It is also possible that the cape hare derived its amuletic significance from its hieroglyphic meaning; the crouching cape hare, which was assigned the phonetic value of “wen,” was most frequently used as a verb meaning “to be.” Literature comparison: Compare a closely related faience amulet of a hare, Third Intermediate Period, Dynasty 21-25, 2.7 cm wide, in the Art Institute of Chicago, reference number 1892.180. Auction result comparison: Type: Closely related Auction: Christie’s London, 27 October 2004, lot 140 Price: GBP 5,019 or approx. EUR 10,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing Expert remark: Compare the closely related subject and similar modeling. Note the larger size (5.2 cm) and later dating.

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