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NEW KINGDOM, 1550-1069 B.C.
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FOUR EGYPTIAN STONE AND FAIENCE AMULETS
NEW KINGDOM, 1550-1069 B.C.
Including two steatite sphinxes, the larger with the cartouche of Thutmose III (r. 1479-1425 B.C.), the underside, reading: "Men-kheper-Re," below a falcon and flail, the smaller with the cartouche of Amenhotep III (r. 1390-1352 B.C.), the underside, reading: "Neb-Maat-Re;" a green feldspar bead in the form of a crouching figure; and a blue faience lion-headed goddess inlay wearing the Double Crown of Egypt
Largest: 1 1/16 in. (2.7 cm.) long
NEW KINGDOM, 1550-1069 B.C.
Including two steatite sphinxes, the larger with the cartouche of Thutmose III (r. 1479-1425 B.C.), the underside, reading: "Men-kheper-Re," below a falcon and flail, the smaller with the cartouche of Amenhotep III (r. 1390-1352 B.C.), the underside, reading: "Neb-Maat-Re;" a green feldspar bead in the form of a crouching figure; and a blue faience lion-headed goddess inlay wearing the Double Crown of Egypt
Largest: 1 1/16 in. (2.7 cm.) long
Provenance
with Elias S. David (1891-1969), New York; thence by descent.
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.