LATE PERIOD/EARLY PTOLEMAIC, CIRCA 600-300 B.C.

Details

AN EGYPTIAN GREEN FAIENCE AMULET IN THE FORM OF A CROCODILE
LATE PERIOD/EARLY PTOLEMAIC, CIRCA 600-300 B.C.
Well modelled with incised details, its head raised on a triangular support pierced for suspension, on integral base, snout and tip of tail restored
4¾ in. (12.1 cm.) long

Exhibited

Ägypten: Antikenmuseum Basel und Sammlung Ludwig, 1997; and Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Geneva, 1997-1998.

Special notice

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium

Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
Animals, 1996, III, no. 21; M. Page-Gasser and A. B. Wiese, Ägypten, Augenblicke der Ewigkeit, Mainz, 1997, pp. 283-284, no. 192; and Noah's Ark, 1997, no. 18.

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