A LARGE BLUE GLAZED COMPOSITION AMULET OF BES, wearing tall feathered crown, with pierced nose and ears, details in black, repaired, mounted, 2 7/8in. (7.3cm.) high; an ochre glazed composition amulet of the dwarf, Ptaichos, wearing collar, with scarab beetle on the crown of his head, and standing on two crocodile heads, 2 1/8in. (5.4cm.) high; a steatite statuette of Ptaichos standing on two naturalistically modelled crocodiles, a scarab beetle on his head and a falcon on each shoulder, on his right-hand side is a figure of Isis, behind is a protecting winged goddess, damaged, 3in (7.6cm.) high; and a basalt double crown of Upper and Lower Egypt with uraeus, tip missing, 3½in. (9cm.) high, all Late Period (4)

Details
A LARGE BLUE GLAZED COMPOSITION AMULET OF BES, wearing tall feathered crown, with pierced nose and ears, details in black, repaired, mounted, 2 7/8in. (7.3cm.) high; an ochre glazed composition amulet of the dwarf, Ptaichos, wearing collar, with scarab beetle on the crown of his head, and standing on two crocodile heads, 2 1/8in. (5.4cm.) high; a steatite statuette of Ptaichos standing on two naturalistically modelled crocodiles, a scarab beetle on his head and a falcon on each shoulder, on his right-hand side is a figure of Isis, behind is a protecting winged goddess, damaged, 3in (7.6cm.) high; and a basalt double crown of Upper and Lower Egypt with uraeus, tip missing, 3½in. (9cm.) high, all Late Period (4)
Provenance
Item 1: MacGregor collection
Item 4: G. F. Lawrence collection

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