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AN EGYPTIAN BLUE GLAZED COMPOSITION CARTOUCHE PENDANT OF AKHENATEN
LATE DYNASTY XVIII, EARLY REIGN OF AKHENATEN, CIRCA 1350 B.C., FROM TELL EL AMARNA
The cartouche bearing an early name of the Pharaoh and the Aten "within the Sunshade of the Fashioner of the Horizon of the Aten"
1 in. (2.5 cm.) long
Provenance
Formerly in the collection of Henry Wallis (1830-1916).
In later life the Pre-Raphaelite artist, Wallis, became a noted scholar and collector of antiquities; his publications included works on Egyptian, Classical, Medieval and Islamic art. Wallis travelled widely in the Mediterranean and Egypt, where he met the archaeologist Sir W. M. Flinders Petrie.
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