About the lot N° 11
Title : An Egyptian jasper grasshopper amulet bracelet
Provenance : Provenance:
French art market.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 25 November 1997, lot 105.
Private collection, Europe.
Exhibited:
APM, Archaeological Museum of the University of Amsterdam, 17 November 2006-25 March 2007.
Published:
C.A.R. Andrews and J. van Dijk (eds),
Objects for Eternity: Egyptian Antiquities from the W. Arnold Meijer Collection, Mainz, 2006, p. 89, no. 2.11.
For a discussion of the funerary symbolism of locust/grasshopper amulets cf. C. Andrews,
Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London, 1994, p.66; the
Pyramid Texts refer to the ascent to heaven in the form of grasshoppers. Grasshoppers, due to their fecundity, may also have been associated with fertility, while their plentiful swarming activities could have been linked to abundance and wealth.
There is a New Kingdom necklace composed of almost identical carnelian grasshopper amulets on view at the Metropolitan Museum, New York, acc. no. 1987.105.Notes : This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: *
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Bonhams websiteCondition report : The grasshopper amulets and beads have been re-strung as a wearable bracelet.
The grasshopper amulets appear to be intact, with a few small chips including to a wing and one of the pierced holes. There is some surface wear including speckles of dark encrustation.
The yellow beads are well preserved with a few small chips here and there.Bonhams, auctioneer, London, UK
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Sale title : Antiquities
Sale date : 07 Dec 2021
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