Lot Essay
For a similar example in yellow jasper see no. 40b in Andrews, Amulets of Ancient Egypt.
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LATE PERIOD TO PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 712-30 B.C.
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AN EGYPTIAN GREEN FAIENCE AEGIS
LATE PERIOD TO PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 712-30 B.C.
In the form of an elaborate broad collar surmounted by the head of Amen-Re as a ram, wearing a striated tripartite wig and a solar disk fronted by a uraeus that, in turn, wears horns and a disk, with two perforations near the base of the collar, the underside of the wig on the reverse open to the hollow interior
2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm.) long
LATE PERIOD TO PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 712-30 B.C.
In the form of an elaborate broad collar surmounted by the head of Amen-Re as a ram, wearing a striated tripartite wig and a solar disk fronted by a uraeus that, in turn, wears horns and a disk, with two perforations near the base of the collar, the underside of the wig on the reverse open to the hollow interior
2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm.) long
Provenance
with Blumka Gallery, New York, 1975.
Literature
G.D. Scott, III, Exhibition catalogue, Temple, Tomb and Dwelling: Egyptian Antiquities from the Harer Family Trust Collection, San Bernardino, 1992, no. 33B, p. 61.
Exhibited
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, periodically 1986-1991.
San Bernardino, University Art Gallery, California State University and elsewhere, Temple, Tomb and Dwelling: Egyptian Antiquities from the Harer Family Trust Collection, 8 January-30 December 1992.
San Bernardino, University Art Gallery, California State University and elsewhere, Temple, Tomb and Dwelling: Egyptian Antiquities from the Harer Family Trust Collection, 8 January-30 December 1992.