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LOT 0028

Egyptian Faience Amulet Representing Sekhmet

LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.

2 3/8 in. (9.98 grams, 60 mm).

With rectangular base and dorsal pillar pierced behind the shoulders, standing figure of the goddess in lioness-headed form with tripartite wig and solar disc, human body.

Provenance

Private collection, Carouge, Switzerland, assembled in the 1980s-1990s.
Thence by descent to the collection of Mr S.P., since 2020.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

Literature

Cf. Andrews, C., Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London, 1994, pl.8a.

CONDITION

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LOT 0028

Egyptian Faience Amulet Representing Sekhmet

Sold for (Inc. bp): £650

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