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LOT 0443
Egyptian Faience Amulet of Taweret
LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.
2 in. (7.9 grams, 50 mm).
Modelled in the round, with a dorsal pillar and a loop at the shoulder, the goddess in hippopotamus form, with a human torso, arms and a crocodile tail.
ProvenancePrivate collection, Carouge, Switzerland, assembled in the 1980s-1990s.
Thence by descent to the collection of Mr S.P., since 2020.
Cf. Andrews, C., Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London, 1994, item 31b.
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