18,975 CHF
“The Birds of Nekhbet” Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, No. 402192, case No. 244702. Made in 1923. Elegant and unique, Egyptian Revival, Art Deco, 18K gold and enamel, slim, keyless cushion-shaped dress watch. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity. Three-piece, polished with black, white and blue geometric palm motif, champlevé enamel bezels and bow,back with black and blue enamel vultures, each with one wing extended and the other touching the groundrepresenting the goddess Nekhbet, band with enamel decoration. Matte silver, applied gold upright Arabicnumerals, sunk subsidiary seconds. Gold "cathedral" hands. Cal.16’’’162, rhodium plated, 18 jewels, straightline lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance with eight adjustments, flat balance-spring, index regulator.Dial, case and movement signed.Dim. 45 mm. Notes Nekhbet (also Nechbet) The goddess Nekhbet is often represented as a vulture, a woman with the head of a vulture or as a woman wearing the Atef-crown. Her primary cult centers were the ancient cities of Nekheb (Elkab) and Nekhen (Hierakonpolis), situated on either bank of the Nile in the south of Upper-Egypt. Her name means 'the One of Nekheb.' Her most important epithet, 'the White One of Nekhen', relates her to Hierakonpolis. She is the personification of the White Crown of Upper Egypt, and as such, she is associated with her Lower Egyptian counterpart, Uto. They are often represented together, crowning the king. Vulture-goddess Nekhbet is the goddes
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2005-04-03
