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See illustration on page 151 for three scarabs.
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THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXI (1069-945 B.C.)
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AN EGYPTIAN TURQUOISE GLAZED COMPOSITION AMULET OF BASTET
THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXI (1069-945 B.C.)
The striding lion-headed goddess with wedjat-eye held to chest and wearing uraeus headdress pierced for attachment, the back column incised with "recitation by Bastet", repaired, 3½ in. (8.2 cm.) high; an Egyptian pale turquoise glazed composition amulet of Re-Horakhty, the striding falcon-headed god wearing sun-disc with uraeus and short kilt, arms by his sides, pierced through back-pillar, 2½ in. (6.5 cm.) high; five steatite scarabs, including two with kneeling figures on the reverse; another with cartouche of Tuthmosis III; another with the reverse showing King Ramesses offering to seated Amun-re, all Middle Kingdom-New Kingdom (2133-1070 B.C.); a green glazed steatite scarab decorated with a quatrefoil flanked by uraei, Dynasty XVIII, circa 1550-1295 B.C.; three other scarabs, all 5/8 in. (1.7 cm.) long max.; and a Romano-Egyptian terracotta fragment with the head of Harpocrates holding a wheel raised in his left hand, traces of red pigment, 2nd Century B.C./A.D., 2 1/8 in. (5.3 cm.) high (11)
THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXI (1069-945 B.C.)
The striding lion-headed goddess with wedjat-eye held to chest and wearing uraeus headdress pierced for attachment, the back column incised with "recitation by Bastet", repaired, 3½ in. (8.2 cm.) high; an Egyptian pale turquoise glazed composition amulet of Re-Horakhty, the striding falcon-headed god wearing sun-disc with uraeus and short kilt, arms by his sides, pierced through back-pillar, 2½ in. (6.5 cm.) high; five steatite scarabs, including two with kneeling figures on the reverse; another with cartouche of Tuthmosis III; another with the reverse showing King Ramesses offering to seated Amun-re, all Middle Kingdom-New Kingdom (2133-1070 B.C.); a green glazed steatite scarab decorated with a quatrefoil flanked by uraei, Dynasty XVIII, circa 1550-1295 B.C.; three other scarabs, all 5/8 in. (1.7 cm.) long max.; and a Romano-Egyptian terracotta fragment with the head of Harpocrates holding a wheel raised in his left hand, traces of red pigment, 2nd Century B.C./A.D., 2 1/8 in. (5.3 cm.) high (11)
Provenance
Madame B collection, acquired from Eid & Son, Cairo, early 1950s.
Born in Egypt in 1917, the daughter of a wealthy industrialist, Madame B grew up to be a great society hostess, welcoming the many musicians, artists and sportsmen who visited Egypt in the late 1940s/early 1950s. The Red Crescent, and the Girl Guides whom she helped introduce into Egypt, were two associations to which she gave unstinting support. Madame B's antiquities were purchased from Eid & Son in Cairo in the early 1950s, before the Suez crisis. She left Egypt soon afterwards.
Born in Egypt in 1917, the daughter of a wealthy industrialist, Madame B grew up to be a great society hostess, welcoming the many musicians, artists and sportsmen who visited Egypt in the late 1940s/early 1950s. The Red Crescent, and the Girl Guides whom she helped introduce into Egypt, were two associations to which she gave unstinting support. Madame B's antiquities were purchased from Eid & Son in Cairo in the early 1950s, before the Suez crisis. She left Egypt soon afterwards.
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