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LOT 0517
Estimate
GBP (£) 300 - 400
EUR (€) 350 - 460
USD ($) 400 - 540
EGYPTIAN FAIENCE BEAD NECKLACE STRING WITH TAWERET AMULET
LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.
12 1/8 in. (12.7 grams, 31 cm).
LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.
12 1/8 in. (12.7 grams, 31 cm).
Restrung using mainly annular and tubular beads, two wedjat eye pendants with black detailing; a large Taweret pendant to the centre, the hippopotamus goddess modelled advancing on a tongue-shaped plinth and wearing a tripartite wig; repaired.
PROVENANCE:
From the vendor's grandfather's collection, formed in the 1950s; thence by family descent circa 1974.
FOOTNOTES:
Taweret was a female hippopotamus, with the arms and legs of a lion and the back and tail of a crocodile. Despite her fearsome appearance, Taweret was a household deity and protector of women in childbirth.
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