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THE PROPERTY OF THE COLLECTION OF ALAN M. MAY
LOTS 108-110
TWO EGYPTIAN AMULETS
THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD, 1070-712 B.C.
Details
TWO EGYPTIAN AMULETS
THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD, 1070-712 B.C.
Each in the form of a naos, one of faience containing a worn figure of a deity, the front panel topped with six uraei, the sides and back each with the head of a deity, possibly falcon-headed, surmounted by a solar disk, a suspension loop at the top; and one of "Egyptian blue," containing a free-standing ram-headed aegis, the front adorned with a winged solar disk, the left with a seated human-headed deity wearing the Red Crown and supporting an ostrich feather, the right with a seated falcon-headed deity surmounted by a crescent moon and solar disk, also supporting an ostrich feather, the back with a spread-winged falcon wearing a solar disk, with smaller ostrich feathers above each wing
"Egyptian Blue": 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm.) high (2)
THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD, 1070-712 B.C.
Each in the form of a naos, one of faience containing a worn figure of a deity, the front panel topped with six uraei, the sides and back each with the head of a deity, possibly falcon-headed, surmounted by a solar disk, a suspension loop at the top; and one of "Egyptian blue," containing a free-standing ram-headed aegis, the front adorned with a winged solar disk, the left with a seated human-headed deity wearing the Red Crown and supporting an ostrich feather, the right with a seated falcon-headed deity surmounted by a crescent moon and solar disk, also supporting an ostrich feather, the back with a spread-winged falcon wearing a solar disk, with smaller ostrich feathers above each wing
"Egyptian Blue": 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm.) high (2)
Provenance
Faience:
with Charles Ede, Ltd., London, 1997, (Small Sculpture from Ancient Egypt, no. 39).
"Egyptian Blue":
with Galerie Nefer, Zurich, 1994.
with Charles Ede, Ltd., London, 1997, (Small Sculpture from Ancient Egypt, no. 39).
"Egyptian Blue":
with Galerie Nefer, Zurich, 1994.
Literature
"Egyptian Blue":
F.D. Friedman, ed., Gifts of the Nile, Ancient Egyptian Faience, New York, 1998, no. 131, pp. 143 and 231.
F.D. Friedman, ed., Gifts of the Nile, Ancient Egyptian Faience, New York, 1998, no. 131, pp. 143 and 231.
Exhibited
"Egyptian Blue":
Gifts of the Nile, Ancient Egyptian Faience, Cleveland, The Cleveland Museum of Art, and elsewhere, 10 May 1998 - 25 April 1999.
Gifts of the Nile, Ancient Egyptian Faience, Cleveland, The Cleveland Museum of Art, and elsewhere, 10 May 1998 - 25 April 1999.