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CIRCA 6TH-1ST CENTURY B.C.
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AN EGYPTIAN GREEN GLAZED COMPOSITION FIGURE OF TUERIS
CIRCA 6TH-1ST CENTURY B.C.
The pregnant hippopotamus-headed deity wearing a tripartite wig, standing with the left leg advanced, 2½ in. (6.5 cm.) high; and a group of mainly glazed composition amulets including three similar figures of Tueris; a seated baboon; a kneeling figure of Shu; Isis and Harpocrates; Thoth; seated Sekhmet holding a sistrum; and two standing figures of Sekhmet, all 6th Century B.C.-1st Century A.D.
2½ in. (6.5 cm.) high (18)
CIRCA 6TH-1ST CENTURY B.C.
The pregnant hippopotamus-headed deity wearing a tripartite wig, standing with the left leg advanced, 2½ in. (6.5 cm.) high; and a group of mainly glazed composition amulets including three similar figures of Tueris; a seated baboon; a kneeling figure of Shu; Isis and Harpocrates; Thoth; seated Sekhmet holding a sistrum; and two standing figures of Sekhmet, all 6th Century B.C.-1st Century A.D.
2½ in. (6.5 cm.) high (18)
Provenance
Formerly in a Swedish private collection, formed in the 1920s.
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