LATE PERIOD, CIRCA 664-332 B.C.

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AN EGYPTIAN GREEN FAIENCE AEGIS
LATE PERIOD, CIRCA 664-332 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 sun disc fronted by a uraeus that, in turn, wears horns and a disc, with two perforations near the base of the collar
2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm.) high

Provenance

with Blumka Gallery, New York, 1975.
Harer Family Trust Collection 1975-2005.
Ancient Egyptian Art From The Harer Family Trust Collection; Christie's, New York, 9 December 2005, lot 39.

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.

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Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
Exhibition catalogue, G.D. Scott, III, Temple, Tomb and Dwelling: Egyptian Antiquities from the Harer Family Trust Collection, San Bernardino, 1992, p. 61, no. 33B.

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