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Small figurine, 115mm tall, is it Egyptian? Carved out of some type of stone material but not jade. Have no idea of its age, if indeed it is "old" & if it is Egyptian what does it signify.

 

Yep. May be intended to be the goddess Sekhmet.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sekhmet

Debora

 

i'm not convinced that was carved.....kinda looks like a mold from here...

 

Saw these like mad in Egypt. Little tourist pieces. Pottery I suspect.

 

Thanks for that, every bit of info i get is interesting & helpful.

 

I shall do that tomorrow, then upload the pic. Thanks for your interest.

 

Thanks for that, i know its hard to tell from a pic, its far from a perfect shape with straight lines, maybe the mould has seen its day but i never thought of that, all info i receive is helpful though.

 

Theres the base, same as the rest of the figurine.

 

it looks processed...like those crackers !!

 

You are probably right there, again i never thought of that except the crackers would taste better

 

now that i'm looking at it ..longer...it kinda reminds me of a soapstone that they used around here for tourist style native carvings....but not glazed like yours.

so...i'm up in the air about this now...

 

I can definitely see the similarity in the colour, items like your pic plus my partners figurine are shall we say scarce in Australia, the comments ive received on the figurine she is completely happy with and also constructive critisism is also beneficial but now of course she is delving further into internet searches mainly to get a background on Egyptian mythology but your carving has added further interest. Being from "the land downunder" as you would call it our influence in such items is mainly Asian & our indigenous peoples but items from the middle east, North Africa & indeed North American/Canadian indigenous items are a whole new area of interest.

 

Some of these are made from a kind of reconstituted granite.

 

Yep, thanks for that, thats the feedback im getting, all being very helpful though, either way its unusual & my partner loves it.

 

'the land downunder".....there's an ear worm for ya 'mate !!
Oh...& happy belated Canberra Day !!!!

 

Ha, Canberra day, we' re from the wild west (West Australia) we dont get involved with the east coast states, they think they are superior to West Aussies & theres always been this rivalry but thats life, its all great fun. So with my partner & myself inbetween our trash 'n' treasure hunting balmy days are spent walking the beach, out on the estuary in the boat crabbing, evenings watching the sun go down, out for meals & live shows, what more could you want in life.