Lot Essay
For a related two-toned faience Ibis depicting the god Thoth, see no. 21.f in C.A. Andrews, Amulets of Ancient Egypt.
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NEW KINGDOM TO PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 1550-30 B.C.
Details
EIGHT EGYPTIAN STONE AND FAIENCE AMULETS
NEW KINGDOM TO PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 1550-30 B.C.
Including a diorite sow suckling her piglets; a two-toned faience crouching ibis; three lapis lazuli animals, including a baboon, a gazelle head and a crouching ibis; a carnelian and an obsidian heart amulet; and a green feldspar recumbent goose
Longest: 1 ¼ in. (3.2 cm.) long
NEW KINGDOM TO PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 1550-30 B.C.
Including a diorite sow suckling her piglets; a two-toned faience crouching ibis; three lapis lazuli animals, including a baboon, a gazelle head and a crouching ibis; a carnelian and an obsidian heart amulet; and a green feldspar recumbent goose
Longest: 1 ¼ in. (3.2 cm.) long
Provenance
with Elias S. David (1891-1969), New York; thence by descent.
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.