A group of glazed composition amulets, including a green squatting profile figure of Khnum, the ram-headed god, with curled horns and decorative collar, suspension loop above damaged -- 1½in. (4cm.) high; a blue figure of Bes, dwarf-like with hands on his hips, repaired at ankles, plumed headdress missing -- 2 5/8in. (6.6cm.) high; a bronze Osiris figure, suspension loop behind -- 3 7/8in. (9.5cm.) high; a large bronze figure of Bes, hands on hips, tail behind, worn -- 4¾in. (12cm.) high, reputedly from Karnak, all Late Period (712-332 B.C.); a white and brown spotted sow, the sky-goddess, suspension loop above -- 1¼in. (3.1cm.) long, Third Intermediate Period (1070-712 B.C.); a limestone plaque with figure of a naked woman or concubine in relief, wearing conical headdress, shown lying on bed with rounded end and footboard, traces of red and black pigment -- 3in. (7.5cm.) high, Ramesside Period, Dynasty XIX-XX (1307-1070 B.C.); a miniature bronze dummy vase, solid-cast -- 1 7/8in. (4.7cm.) high, Ptolemaic-Roman period, until 1st Century A.D.; a Greek black glazed pottery plate, repaired -- 5 5/8in. (14.3cm.) diam., 4th Century B.C.; and a fragmentary pottery lamp, with loop handle -- 4¼in. (10.8cm.) high, 1st Century A.D., mainly mounted (18)

A group of glazed composition amulets, including a green squatting profile figure of Khnum, the ram-headed god, with curled horns and decorative collar, suspension loop above damaged -- 1½in. (4cm.) high; a blue figure of Bes, dwarf-like with hands on his hips, repaired at ankles, plumed headdress missing -- 2 5/8in. (6.6cm.) high; a bronze Osiris figure, suspension loop behind -- 3 7/8in. (9.5cm.) high; a large bronze figure of Bes, hands on hips, tail behind, worn -- 4¾in. (12cm.) high, reputedly from Karnak, all Late Period (712-332 B.C.); a white and brown spotted sow, the sky-goddess, suspension loop above -- 1¼in. (3.1cm.) long, Third Intermediate Period (1070-712 B.C.); a limestone plaque with figure of a naked woman or concubine in relief, wearing conical headdress, shown lying on bed with rounded end and footboard, traces of red and black pigment -- 3in. (7.5cm.) high, Ramesside Period, Dynasty XIX-XX (1307-1070 B.C.); a miniature bronze dummy vase, solid-cast -- 1 7/8in. (4.7cm.) high, Ptolemaic-Roman period, until 1st Century A.D.; a Greek black glazed pottery plate, repaired -- 5 5/8in. (14.3cm.) diam., 4th Century B.C.; and a fragmentary pottery lamp, with loop handle -- 4¼in. (10.8cm.) high, 1st Century A.D., mainly mounted (18)

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A group of glazed composition amulets, including a green squatting profile figure of Khnum, the ram-headed god, with curled horns and decorative collar, suspension loop above damaged -- 1½in. (4cm.) high; a blue figure of Bes, dwarf-like with hands on his hips, repaired at ankles, plumed headdress missing -- 2 5/8in. (6.6cm.) high; a bronze Osiris figure, suspension loop behind -- 3 7/8in. (9.5cm.) high; a large bronze figure of Bes, hands on hips, tail behind, worn -- 4¾in. (12cm.) high, reputedly from Karnak, all Late Period (712-332 B.C.); a white and brown spotted sow, the sky-goddess, suspension loop above -- 1¼in. (3.1cm.) long, Third Intermediate Period (1070-712 B.C.); a limestone plaque with figure of a naked woman or concubine in relief, wearing conical headdress, shown lying on bed with rounded end and footboard, traces of red and black pigment -- 3in. (7.5cm.) high, Ramesside Period, Dynasty XIX-XX (1307-1070 B.C.); a miniature bronze dummy vase, solid-cast -- 1 7/8in. (4.7cm.) high, Ptolemaic-Roman period, until 1st Century A.D.; a Greek black glazed pottery plate, repaired -- 5 5/8in. (14.3cm.) diam., 4th Century B.C.; and a fragmentary pottery lamp, with loop handle -- 4¼in. (10.8cm.) high, 1st Century A.D., mainly mounted (18)

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Several items with handwritten ink labels indicating the following provenances: Sir Theodore Fry, Professor Petrie, Marquis of Hastings, Rustyjaell and Myers collections.

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