THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD/LATE PERIOD, CIRCA 747-332 B.C.

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AN EGYPTIAN BLUE GLAZED COMPOSITION MULTIPLE WEDJAT-EYE PLAQUE
THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD/LATE PERIOD, CIRCA 747-332 B.C.
With flat back and convex top showing columns of black detailed multiple eyes, with black separation lines, all in relief, the reverse with a wedjat-eye of Horus, the eyebrow in black, mounted
2 in. (5.1 cm.) across

來源

Formerly in the collection of Gaston Maspero (1846-1916).

注意事項

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拍場告示

This lot is illustrated in the centre of page 171.

拍品專文

The earliest examples of these plaque amulets go back to Dynasty XXV, (747-656 B.C.). Their function of provisioner of sight in the after-life was emphasized by the multiplication of eyes representations, cf. C. Andrews, Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London, 1994, pp. 69-70, no. 73a, for a similar amulet.