NEW KINGDOM, 20TH DYNASTY, CIRCA 1186-1069 B.C.

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AN EGYPTIAN YELLOW FAIENCE PECTORAL
NEW KINGDOM, 20TH DYNASTY, CIRCA 1186-1069 B.C.
3 ¼ in. (8.3 cm.) high

Provenance

with N. Koutoulakis (1910-1996), Geneva.
Dr. Rudolf Schmidt (1900-1970), Solothurn, acquired from the above, 8 May 1953; thence by descent.

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Lot Essay

One side decorated with a winged scarab, the other with the deceased identified as Tjyneheh presenting a lotus flower on an altar to Osiris mummified. In daily life pectorals would have been made from metal such as gold, emulated in the present funerary example by the yellow faience: the colour alludes to the sun, symbol of rebirth.

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