PANTHEON !! Vintage Lot of Eight Carved Black Basalt Egyptian Figurines - Two Very Rare

VINTAGE LOT OF EIGHT HAND CARVED BLACK BASALT EGYPTIAN BUST FIGURINES - TWO VERY RARE

A COLLECTABLE LOT OF EIGHT VINTAGE COLLECTABLE EGYPTIAN ORNAMENT FIGURINES HAND CARVED FROM BLACK BASALT.   TWO OF THESE ITEMS ARE EXTREMELY RARE AND ALMOST NEVER SEEN IN FIGURINE FORM

THE LOT CONSISTS OF THE FOLLOWING FIGURINES FROM LEFT TO RIGHT AS PER TITLE PIC AND 1ST PIC BELOW -

1)- A BUST FIGURINE OF THE EGYPTIAN GOD OSIRIS,  THE GOD OF THE AFTERLIFE, THE UNDERWORLD AND REBIRTH IN ANCIENT EGYPTIAN RELIGION.  HE WEARS THE DISTINCTIVE "ATEF" CROWN.   HE WAS CONSIDERED TO BE THE OLDEST SON OF THE GOD GEB AND THE SKY GODDESS NUT AS WELL AS THE BROTHER AND HUSBAND OF ISIS.    THE ORIGINAL BUST OF OSIRIS FOUND IN EGYPT IS TODAY WITHIN THE BROOKLYN MUSEUM.   HE IS COMMONLY DEPICTED AS EITHER GREEN OR BLACK (ALLUDING TO THE FERTILITY OF THE NILE FLOODPLAIN).   REPLICAS ARE VERY SELDOM ENCOUNTERED.    THE FIGURE IS 8.8cm HEIGHT.....2.7cm LEFT TO RIGHT.....3.4cm FRONT TO BACK

2)- A RARE FIGURINE BUST OF AKHENATEN.  AKHENATEN (MEANING "EFFECTIVE FOR ATEN") KNOWN BEFORE THE FIFTH YEAR OF HIS REIGN AS AMENHOTEP IV RULED FOR 17 YEARS AND DIED AROUND 1336 OR 1334 BC.  HE WAS NOT REGARDED AS A POPULAR EGYPTIAN PHARAOH DUE TO HIS ABANDONING TRADITIONAL EGYPTIAN RELIGION OF POLYTHEISM AND INTRODUCING WORSHIP TO ALL OF EGYPT BASED ON THE ATEN OR SUN DISC.  FIGURINES OF THIS PHARAOH ARE EXTREMELY RARE.  8cm HEIGHT.....5.7cm LEFT TO RIGHT.....2.8cm FRONT TO BACK

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Akhenaten-Akhenaton-Egyptian-Pharaoh-head-bust-sculpture-statue-museum-replica-/323535210521

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3)- A RARE FIGURINE OF THE PHARAOH AMENHOTEP III.  AMENHOTEP III WAS ALSO KNOWN AS AMENHOTEP THE MAGNIFICENT AND WAS THE 9th PHARAOH OF THE 18th DYNASTY.  HIS FATHER WAS THUTMOSE IV.  HIS REIGN WAS A PERIOD OF UNPRECEDENTED PROSPERITY AND ARTISTIC SPLENDOR.    9.2cm HEIGHT.....3.8cm LEFT TO RIGHT.....2.8cm FRONT TO BACK

4)- THREE (3) ALMOST IDENTICAL BUST FIGURINES OF TUTANKHAMUN .  THEIR HAND CARVED NATURE GIVES EACH SLIGHT DIFFERENCES FROM THE OTHER.   EACH IS 7.2cm HEIGHT.....5.5cm LEFT TO RIGHT.....5cm FRONT TO BACK

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5)- LARGE BUST FIGURINE OF PHARAOH TUTANKHAMUN.  THIS IS A REASONABLY HEAVY ITEM   8.5cm HEIGHT..... 9.8cm LEFT TO RIGHT.....8cm FRONT TO BACK

https://www.etsy.com/il-en/listing/644021811/reserved-for-carol-egyptian-carved-king?show_sold_out_detail=1

6)- A BUST FIGURINE OF NEFERTITI WHO RULED EGYPT FROM 1353 to 1336 BC.   9cm HEIGHT.....4cm LEFT TO RIGHT..... 4cm FRONT TO BACK

https://www.ebth.com/items/8929981-vintage-carved-composite-egyptian-pharaoh-busts

STAMPS/MARKS ETC : NEITHER OF THE ITEMS ARE MARKED OR STAMPED

CONDITION : ALL EIGHT FIGURINES ARE IN PERFECT CONDITION WITH NO CRACKS, CHIPS OR DAMAGES ETC

SIZE : AS DESCRIBED ABOVE

ONE BID FOR ALL EIGHT ITEMS AS A LOT

POSTAGE :  Postage method is Buyers Choice

                   SAPO R60             A Courier service is also available upon request 

                   This LOT may be combined with ANY other items up to 5kg for ONE standard postage fee with SAPO and 10kgs with Courier

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