Lot Essay
Item three: ink inscription on back pillar "From Prof. A. S. Hunt colln. Purch. 1928.377."
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6TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.
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AN EGYPTIAN TURQUOISE GLAZED COMPOSITION STATUETTE OF HORUS
6TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.
The striding falcon-headed god wearing short kilt, arms at his sides, with back pillar, chipped, 3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm.) high; a green glazed composition conical gaming piece, New Kingdom (1550-1070 B.C.); two turquoise glazed composition shabtis, one with six horizontal lines of hieroglyphs, 4½ in. (11.5 cm.) high max.; a jackal-headed Son of Horus amulet, Late Period-Ptolemaic (664-30 B.C.); a scaraboid; two alabaster mortars and two stone vessels including a small cosmetic jar and an Old Kingdom cylindrical jar, 2¾ in. (6.9 cm.) high (10)
6TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.
The striding falcon-headed god wearing short kilt, arms at his sides, with back pillar, chipped, 3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm.) high; a green glazed composition conical gaming piece, New Kingdom (1550-1070 B.C.); two turquoise glazed composition shabtis, one with six horizontal lines of hieroglyphs, 4½ in. (11.5 cm.) high max.; a jackal-headed Son of Horus amulet, Late Period-Ptolemaic (664-30 B.C.); a scaraboid; two alabaster mortars and two stone vessels including a small cosmetic jar and an Old Kingdom cylindrical jar, 2¾ in. (6.9 cm.) high (10)
Provenance
Acquired in the 1950s-1960s.
Special notice
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