Lot Essay
For a figure of Ibis-headed Thoth in solid gold returning the wedjat-eye, see no. 38h, p. 41 in Andrews, Amulets of Ancient Egypt.
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PROPERTY FROM A WEST COAST COLLECTION
EIGHT EGYPTIAN STONE AND FAIENCE AMULETS
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 four steatite scarabs: one with a Pharaoh aiming a bow at a rearing lion, a seated lion below with its head turned back, reading: "Amen-Re (is) my Lord;" one reading: "The Gold is (as) Grace and Protection;" and two from the reign of Tuthmosis III, the cartouche with Men-kheper-Re, the prenomen of the Pharaoh; one reading: "[King of Upper and Lower Egypt], Beautiful [God], Lord of the Two Lands, Men-kheper-[Re], [May he live forever!] or [Endowed with Life];" and one reading: "Mut appears in glory;" a carnelian wedjat-eye, with incised details; a blue faience wedjat-eye with black details; a blue faience round-topped amulet with Ibis-headed Thoth, returning the wedjat-eye above an offering stand, a suspension loop above; and a blue faience winged scarab, the separately-made body and two wings perforated for attachment
Winged scarab: 2¼ in. (5.7 cm.) long (10)
NEW KINGDOM TO PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 1550-30 B.C.
Including four steatite scarabs: one with a Pharaoh aiming a bow at a rearing lion, a seated lion below with its head turned back, reading: "Amen-Re (is) my Lord;" one reading: "The Gold is (as) Grace and Protection;" and two from the reign of Tuthmosis III, the cartouche with Men-kheper-Re, the prenomen of the Pharaoh; one reading: "[King of Upper and Lower Egypt], Beautiful [God], Lord of the Two Lands, Men-kheper-[Re], [May he live forever!] or [Endowed with Life];" and one reading: "Mut appears in glory;" a carnelian wedjat-eye, with incised details; a blue faience wedjat-eye with black details; a blue faience round-topped amulet with Ibis-headed Thoth, returning the wedjat-eye above an offering stand, a suspension loop above; and a blue faience winged scarab, the separately-made body and two wings perforated for attachment
Winged scarab: 2¼ in. (5.7 cm.) long (10)
Provenance
Two scarabs: Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 2-3 June 1981, lot 556.
Tuthmosis III Scarabs: with Joel L. Malter, Encino, California, 1981.
Carnelian wedjat-eye: with L'Ibis Gallery, New York, 1979.
Faience wedjat-eye, Thoth Amulet and Winged Scarab: with Di Lauro Antiquities, New York, 1979.
Tuthmosis III Scarabs: with Joel L. Malter, Encino, California, 1981.
Carnelian wedjat-eye: with L'Ibis Gallery, New York, 1979.
Faience wedjat-eye, Thoth Amulet and Winged Scarab: with Di Lauro Antiquities, New York, 1979.
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