TEN ANCIENT STONE AND FAIENCE AMULETS
This lot is offered without reserve. PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF ELIAS S. DAVID
TEN ANCIENT STONE AND FAIENCE AMULETS

CIRCA 16TH CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY B.C.

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TEN ANCIENT STONE AND FAIENCE AMULETS
CIRCA 16TH CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY B.C.
Including four Egyptian faience frogs and a flower, blue in color, the two smaller frogs with hieroglyphs on the underside, one with an ankh symbol, the other with an inscription, reading: "Beloved of Isis;" and five Meroitic ram heads, two of carnelian, three of white jasper
Longest: 3/8 in. (1 cm.) long
來源
with Elias S. David (1891-1969), New York.
注意事項
This lot is offered without reserve.

拍品專文

For related examples of Meroitic ram head amulets, see nos. 97-100 in S. Wenig, The Arts of Ancient Nubia and the Sudan.

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