拍品 113
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AN EGYPTIAN CORNELIAN FROG AMULET
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AN EGYPTIAN CORNELIAN FROG AMULET

NEW KINGDOM, DYNASTY XVIII (1550-1295 B.C.)

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AN EGYPTIAN CORNELIAN FROG AMULET
NEW KINGDOM, DYNASTY XVIII (1550-1295 B.C.)
The frog (Rana mascareniensis), sits with head raised, bulging eyes naturally coloured by dark inclusion, details incised, pierced longitudinally
½ in. (1.2 cm.) long
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PUBLISHED:
Animals, 1981, I, no. 47.

Frog amulets were commonly worn by both the living as a fertility charm and the dead to provide rejuvenation and a long afterlife.

See illustration on page 107.