During 2022 he sold many Global Auctions like Christie’s and Sotheby’s For the arts, there are many different artefacts throughout the year and the selling prices of the pieces fluctuated, as there were some estimated at an exorbitant price and some purchased cheaply.
Among the statues for sale, and sold at the highest prices, was a large Egyptian bronze statue of Isis with Horus, dating from the 25th and 26th Dynasties, 750-525 BC The statue embodies a bronze figure of Isis and Horus, such as those of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
The myth of Isis and Osiris is the most detailed and influential story within the pharaonic myths. The story revolves around the assassination of the god Osiris, the pharaoh of Egypt, and the aftermath of this crime. After the crime, the murderer of Osiris, his brother Set, usurped the throne. At the same time, Isis struck the earth chasing her husband’s body until she found him in Byblos, but she six of her succeeded in stealing her body and cutting it into forty-two parts, and distributing it in the regions of Egypt. Isis did not give up and was able to collect her husband’s remains, so she became pregnant and Isis gave birth to a son, Horus, and Osiris became king in the realm of the dead.
Bronze statue
Christie’s also presented a large number of artifacts, which were sold at a low price, including the Canopy Jar display, for the Middle East and North Africa region, early 18th century 1550-1425 BC, and its price is estimated at between 20 and 30 thousand dollars, it was sold for 17,640.
The canopic jars used by the ancient Egyptians during the mummification process to store and preserve the entrails of the dead for the afterlife were usually made from limestone or ceramic. Not all viscera were stored in one canopic jar, but there were 4 canopic jars, each for storing a specific organ: stomach, intestines, lungs, liver. Which he believed the deceased would need in the afterlife. There was no vessel for the heart, as the Egyptians believed it was the seat of the soul and therefore left within the body.
Canopy vase
