Egyptian Furniture

Gray marble head representing a woman with long curly hair and idealized features, wearing a tiara in the form of a simple band. The idealized face is inspired by the models developed since the Old...

Antique Middle Eastern Moorish style black armchairs Very rare elegant pair of large Middle Eastern, Egyptian revival armchairs, inlay with intricate Syrian mother-of-pearl shell. Black color painted and newly reupholstered with Moroccan antique velvet fabric...

Huge Massive Middle Eastern Arabian decorative brass hookah pipe Middle Eastern Arabian hookah, shisha water pipe with etched and embossed brass. This is ...

Original vintage travel poster - Fly United Arab Airlines Jets Egypt - featuring a colourful design depicting an image of the ancient Egyptian bust of Queen...

The XIX Dynasty of Ancient Egypt was part of the Egyptian New Kingdom and was founded by Vizier Ramasses I, whom Pharaoh Horemheb chose as his successor to the throne. The XIX Dynasty is best remembered for its military conquests in the lands of Canaan. The relative peace of the XVIII Dynasty gave way to a century of wars, which produced art that attempted to maintain ancestral traditions in order to claim its dynastic lineage and succession to the throne.This large serpentine statue tells of the prominence of administrative art during this period. The figure is an ushabti, a funerary statue that would have been placed in a tomb among the grave goods of the inhabitant, intended to act as a servant for the deceased in the afterlife. The ushabtis would be called upon to perform their menial tasks, each figure's purpose is often attested to by objects in their hands, such as bread-baker holding grain or farmer holding a scythe, and they would be donated by the workers of the deceased to fulfill their roles for them in death. Hieroglyphics could often also be found running the length of their legs giving further clues to their roles and stating whom they intended to work for. These inscriptions were called answers and asserted the figures readiness to be summoned to the gods work The practice of placing ushabtis inside tombs originated in the Old Kingdom, with the earliest evidence from the middle of the third millennium B.C. when they buried next to mummies[2]. They are normally miniature in size, of hard stones such as limestone, granite or serpentine (and occasionally of faience or bronze), and produced in multiples to provide the important deceased with an army of workers. Sometimes so many were produced that they world cover the entire surface floor of a tomb. Due to this commonness, many extant examples survive, in varying qualities, and as a collection of artifacts they provide a unique insight in to the fascinating death customs of the Ancient Egyptians, highlighting their very real belief in an eternal afterlife.This beautifully carved statue holds hoes and a seed sack, indicating they were destined for manual toil in the eternal afterlife amongst the fields growing grain to produce food for the interred. Another agricultural implement with crisscrossing ropes is tucked in to the back of the figure's kilt, making sure he is ready for any farming situation necessary. He wears a long-sleeved shirt with a long pleated kilt, which has a large over-fold and broad beaded collar. He also wears a double wig composed of zig-zags and echeloned curls, and his face has a slightly aquiline nose, with almond-shaped eyes a fixed, determined gaze.A column running the length of his over-fold contains five lines of hieroglyphic inscription that name the owner of the worker (Kenj), and recite chapter VI from the Ancient Egyptian Book of...

An 1940's Egyptian cotton applique tapestry featuring vibrant colors and showing fine and intricate ancient Egyptian folk art design. The textile is ...

Batman Original Egyptian Film Movie Poster, 1989, linen backed We love this Egyptian film poster for Tim Burton’s Batman, so cool! This origina...

"Rambo First Blood", 1982 Egyptian film movie poster Another fantastic Egyptian film poster, this time for Stallone's first Rambo outing First ...

2 Egypt camel seats foot stools. Real cowhide upholstery. 1960s Very decorative stools.  

A vintage Egyptian Revival figural Pharaoh sculpture offers bronzed cast metal figural sculpture depicts an Egyptian man with robe having incis...

Egypt: The World of the Pharaohs Regine Schulz, Matthias Seidel Roman emperors, Arab scholars, and early travelers were already drawn to and enchanted by the fascination of the lan...

Monumental pair of Islamic silver inlaid bronze palace vases with Arabic calligraphy throughout. High quality vases, very good design. Will go very well in an Islamic or Moroccan...