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LOT 0024

Large Egyptian Faience Figure of Sekhmet

1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.

5 1/2 in. (79 grams, 14 cm).

Modelled in the round standing, holding an ankh in her right hand, the other holding a slender staff, lion-headed, wearing an ankle-length skirt; loop behind her neck.

Provenance

Acquired in the late 1980s.
Private collection, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.

This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12852-241726.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and 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 0024

Large Egyptian Faience Figure of Sekhmet

Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,380

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