Lot Essay
See illustration for 'eye' bead on page 44.
LATE PERIOD-PTOLEMAIC, CIRCA 6TH-1ST CENTURY B.C.
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A LARGE GROUP OF MAINLY GLAZED COMPOSITION EGYPTIAN AMULETS
LATE PERIOD-PTOLEMAIC, CIRCA 6TH-1ST CENTURY B.C.
Including two green and turquoise glazed composition ibis amulets, 1½ in. (3.8 cm.) long max.; a dark blue glazed Bes; three turquoise glazed Ptaichos amulets and two Anubis amulets, 1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm.) high max.; a large group of turquoise glazed amulets of deities, 2 in. (5 cm.) high max.; and a blue and white glass 'eye' bead, circa 4th-3rd Century B.C., 1¼ in. (3.2 cm.) high(a lot)
LATE PERIOD-PTOLEMAIC, CIRCA 6TH-1ST CENTURY B.C.
Including two green and turquoise glazed composition ibis amulets, 1½ in. (3.8 cm.) long max.; a dark blue glazed Bes; three turquoise glazed Ptaichos amulets and two Anubis amulets, 1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm.) high max.; a large group of turquoise glazed amulets of deities, 2 in. (5 cm.) high max.; and a blue and white glass 'eye' bead, circa 4th-3rd Century B.C., 1¼ in. (3.2 cm.) high(a lot)
Provenance
Formerly in the collection of the British musician and composer, Walter Thomas Gaze Cooper (1895-1981).
Green glazed ibis with ink inscribed label "30/1/35 ... from Bethel Coll".
Green glazed ibis with ink inscribed label "30/1/35 ... from Bethel Coll".
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