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LOT 2086
Egyptian Style Deep Blue Glazed Taweret Amulet
20TH CENTURY A.D.
7/8 in. (0.76 grams, 22.6 mm).
Formed as a low-relief image of Taweret and pierced at the neck. [No Reserve]
Provenance
with Archaeologia, Switzerland, before 1983.
Ex private North American collection.
London private collection, 2016.
Literature
Cf. Andrews, C., Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London, 1994, pl.39, for type.
Footnotes
The profile of the plaque strongly recalls the classic wedjat motif.
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