AN EGYPTIAN TURQUOISE FAIENCE DOUBLE LION AMULET
LATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXVI, 664-525 B.C.
The hind quarters of the two recumbant lions fused together to represent the horizon into and from which the sun sets and rises, with the silhouette of four falcons beneath each side of the lions' manes reinforcing the solar imagery, 5 1/4in. (13.3cm.) long
AN EGYPTIAN TURQUOISE FAIENCE DOUBLE LION AMULET
LATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXVI, 664-525 B.C.
The hind quarters of the two recumbant lions fused together to represent the horizon into and from which the sun sets and rises, with the silhouette of four falcons beneath each side of the lions' manes reinforcing the solar imagery, 5 1/4in. (13.3cm.) long
