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LOT 0494
Egyptian Blue Faience Pataikos Amulet Pair
LATE PERIOD, 664-525 B.C.
1 1/2 - 1 3/4 in. (22 grams total, 40-43 mm).
Each in pale blue composition, the larger a bust with bale to rear of the neck, the smaller the full nude form (minus the lower legs). [2]
ProvenanceAcquired on the German art market, 1989-1995.
with The Museum Gallery, 19 Bury Place, London, WC1, UK, 1998-2003.
Property of a London based academic, 2003-present.
Cf. Daressy, G., Catalogue général des antiquités égyptiennes du Musée du Caire N° 38001-39384 Statues de divinités, Cairo, 1906, pl. XLII, nos. 38.778 and 38.801, for similar.
FootnotesPataikos is a representation of the creator deity Ptah, and his diminutive form is a symbol of his immense magical power.
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