9 11/16 in High x 7 7/16 in]]>
The statuette once part of the collection of Lord George Talbot (1763-1850) and was purchased by Georges Ricard for the Senusret Collection on 3 March 1975 from Roger F. Galliano, a member of the Conciliation Commission at Central Customs in Paris, certified expert of the Chamber of Auctioneers of France and Judicial Officer of Geneva.
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New York, Brooklyn Museum, 05.394
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22.1 cm High x 5.9 cm x 11.2 cm]]>
The statuette was once part of the Capitant collection and was purchased by Georges Ricard for the Senusret Collection on 21-22 May 1977 in Avignon, France at the Hotel des Ventes d’Avignon: Exceptionnelle grande vente aux enchères publique: Meubles, objets d’art, lot number 47.
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Museum of Fine Arts Boston 53.2385
Leiden, Rijksmuseum van Oudheden AB 166]]>
13.5 cm High x 5.8 cm x 8.4 cm]]>
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The statuette was once part of the collection of Lord George Talbot (1763-1850) and was purchased by Georges Ricard for the Senusret Collection on 3 March 1975 from Roger F. Galliano, a member of the Conciliation Commission at Central Customs in Paris, certified expert of the Chamber of Auctioneers of France and Judicial Officer of Geneva.
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London, The British Museum, EA29409]]>
19.3 cm High x 4.6 cm x 3.4 cm]]>
The goddess stands with arms at her side and is clothed in a gown to her ankles. The lioness wears bracelets and armlets and a multi-strand broad collar on her chest. Her head is covered by a combination of a tripartite wig and leonine mane. Her eyes were once inlaid. High-waisted torsos and long legs are typical for the Third Intermediate Period, along with finely detailed incision.
The statuette was once part of the Dr. Jacob von Hirsch (1874-1955) collection and sold at the auction, Collection Hirsch: antiquités égyptiennes, grecques et romaines (Paris: Hôtel Drouot, 1921), lot number 33. The statuette was purchased by Georges Ricard for the Senusret Collection 13 October 1974 from Roger F. Galliano, a member of the Conciliation Commission at Central Customs in Paris, certified expert of the Chamber of Auctioneers of France and Judicial Officer of Geneva.
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Christie’s New York, Antiquities sale no. 12257, lot 42. Ex collection Omar Pacha Sultan, Cairo]]>
37.7 cm High x 7.4 cm x 7.1 cm]]>
Knowing he would have to fight the gods to procure the amrita, Garuda asked his father Kashyapa for some food to strengthen him. His father directed him towards a tortoise and elephant that were fighting at a nearby lake; they were, he explained, two fighting brothers who had been sages. In their anger, one sage had cursed the other to become an elephant and the other cursed his brother to become a tortoise. Eating these, Kashyapa assured his son, would give him the strength he required to obtain the amrita.
Garuda grabbed the elephant in one claw and the tortoise in the other and flew with them to a magnificent tree. The tree trembled under his weight and he realized the branch upon which he was sitting was filled with Brahmans performing penance. He broke off the large limb they were inhabiting and carried it in his beak to a great mountain, where he gently put them down and proceeded to eat the elephant and tortoise.
To retrieve the amrita, Garuda battled Indra and the other gods. He defeated all of them except for Vishnu, who was himself injured. Vishnu promised, then, that Garuda would become immortal and become his vahana.
The folio pictures Garuda picking up the elephant and tortoise, the thousand-eyed Indra, and Garuda battling the gods for the amrita.
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Knowing he would have to fight the gods to procure the amrita, Garuda asked his father Kashyapa for some food to strengthen him. His father directed him towards a tortoise and elephant that were fighting at a nearby lake; they were, he explained, two fighting brothers who had been sages. In their anger, one sage had cursed the other to become an elephant and the other cursed his brother to become a tortoise. Eating these, Kashyapa assured his son, would give him the strength he required to obtain the amrita.
Garuda grabbed the elephant in one claw and the tortoise in the other and flew with them to a magnificent tree. The tree trembled under his weight and he realized the branch upon which he was sitting was filled with Brahmans performing penance. He broke off the large limb they were inhabiting and carried it in his beak to a great mountain, where he gently put them down and proceeded to eat the elephant and tortoise.
To retrieve the amrita, Garuda battled Indra and the other gods. He defeated all of them except for Vishnu, who was himself injured. Vishnu promised, then, that Garuda would become immortal and become his vahana.
The folio pictures Garuda picking up the elephant and tortoise, the thousand-eyed Indra, and Garuda battling the gods for the amrita.
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