Lot Essay
For a similar example in the British Museum see no. 62a in Andrews, Amulets of Ancient Egypt.
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FIRST INTERMEDIATE PERIOD TO MIDDLE KINGDOM, 2134-1640 B.C.
Details
AN EGYPTIAN GOLD IBIS AMULET
FIRST INTERMEDIATE PERIOD TO MIDDLE KINGDOM, 2134-1640 B.C.
Depicted perched on a standard in profile to the right, its left leg advanced, highly stylized, with a large pellet eye, a suspension loop on the reverse
7/8 in. (2.2 cm.) long
FIRST INTERMEDIATE PERIOD TO MIDDLE KINGDOM, 2134-1640 B.C.
Depicted perched on a standard in profile to the right, its left leg advanced, highly stylized, with a large pellet eye, a suspension loop on the reverse
7/8 in. (2.2 cm.) long
Provenance
Anthony J. Drexel, Jr. Collection, assembled in the late 19th century by Emil Brugsch of the Cairo Museum and the Egyptian Antiquities Organization.
Drexel Institute, Philadelphia, 1895.
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 1916.
with Superior Galleries, Los Angeles, 1975.
Drexel Institute, Philadelphia, 1895.
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 1916.
with Superior Galleries, Los Angeles, 1975.
Literature
G.D. Scott, III, Exhibition catalogue, Temple, Tomb and Dwelling: Egyptian Antiquities from the Harer Family Trust Collection, San Bernardino, 1992, no. 136, pp. 186-187.
Exhibited
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, periodically 1986-1991.
San Bernardino, University Art Gallery, California State University and elsewhere, Temple, Tomb and Dwelling: Egyptian Antiquities from the Harer Family Trust Collection, 8 January-30 December 1992.
San Bernardino, University Art Gallery, California State University and elsewhere, Temple, Tomb and Dwelling: Egyptian Antiquities from the Harer Family Trust Collection, 8 January-30 December 1992.