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LOT 0022
Egyptian Green Glazed Faience Openwork Ring
THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD, CIRCA 1069-735 B.C.
1 in. (3.53 grams, 24.05 mm overall, 19.40 mm internal diameter (approximate size British S, USA 9, Europe 20, Japan 19)).
With the reserved figure of a seated falcon-headed deity holding the Maat feather, a stylised lotus bloom above and below.
Provenancewith Christie's, London, 19 October 1994, no.133 (part).
Private collection, London, UK, acquired from the above sale.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Cf. Andrews, C., Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London, 1994, fig. 45f, for an openwork ring with a similar seated falcon-headed deity holding the Maat feather.
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