Bidspirit auction | Egyptian Faience Beaded Four Sons

Egyptian Faience Beaded Four Sons of Horus - Ptolemaic Period, 332-30 B.C. Openwork restrung panel depicting Imsety, Hapy, Duamutef, and Qebehsenuef, the Four Sons of Horus. 21 grams, 11.5 cm (4 1/2 in.). Previously with Mariaud de Serres, Paris, France.From a Paris Gallery. The Four Sons of Horus were deities responsible for protecting the internal organs of the deceased. The human-headed Imsety protected the liver, the baboon-headed Hapy protected the lungs, the jackal-headed Duamutef protected the stomach, and the falcon-headed Qebehsenuef protected the intestines.