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LOT 0553
Egyptian Faience Group of Amulets
NEW KINGDOM-PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 1550-30 B.C.
3/8 - 1 in. (6.17 grams total, 10-24 mm).
Comprising of blue-glazed composite amulets including lotus flower; crescentic bead; bird amulet with minor chips to the body; four scarabs with longitudinal piercing and carvings to the underside; a plain green stone rectangular plaque with ribbed suspension bar to the top. [8, No Reserve]
Provenance
From the Walter Thomas Gaze Cooper (1895-1980) collection; thence by descent.
Literature
Cf. Andrews, C., Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London, 1994, p. 98, fig. 99b, for a similar green feldspar writing tablet amulet.
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