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LATE PERIOD TO PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 664-30 B.C.
Details
TWO EGYPTIAN FAIENCE AMULETS
Late Period to Ptolemaic Period, 664-30 B.C.
Including a crocodile on an integral plinth, a strut under its lower jaw pierced for suspension, the details rendered by incised lines; and a baboon depicted squatting on its haunches, its tail curving forward, its fur rendered as linear patterns, its forepaws offering a sacred wadjet-eye, with a suspension loop at the back, on an integral plinth
2 3/8 in. (6 cm) high, for the baboon (2)
Late Period to Ptolemaic Period, 664-30 B.C.
Including a crocodile on an integral plinth, a strut under its lower jaw pierced for suspension, the details rendered by incised lines; and a baboon depicted squatting on its haunches, its tail curving forward, its fur rendered as linear patterns, its forepaws offering a sacred wadjet-eye, with a suspension loop at the back, on an integral plinth
2 3/8 in. (6 cm) high, for the baboon (2)
Provenance
Kofler Collection, acquired in the 1950s-60s