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Description : Ancient Egypt, New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, ca. 1550 to 1292 BCE, Third Intermediate Period to Late Dynastic Period, 25th to 30th Dynasty, ca. 744 to 343 BCE. A wonderful gathering of 4 petite Egyptian artifacts. From the New Kingdom is an elongated cowroid bead with a quartet of royal uraeus cobras on the bottom, and all covered in blue-green glaze. Next is a petite striding amulet depicting Thoth, the ibis-headed god of mathematics, intelligence, and the moon. Next is an opaque wadjet (also wedjat or Eye of Horus) amulet carved from mottled dark brown and black stone. The largest piece is a faience button scarab with naturalistic features on the top and bottom. Size of largest (scarab): 0.69 L x 0.5 W (1.8 cm x 1.3 cm) Provenance: private Toronto, Ontario, Canada collection, by descent, acquired in Egypt in 1894 to 1896 All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back. PLEASE NOTE: Due to recent increases of shipments being seized by Australian & German customs (even for items with pre-UNESCO provenance), we will no longer ship most antiquities and ancient Chinese art to Australia & Germany. For categories of items that are acceptable to ship to Australia or Germany, please contact us directly or work with your local customs brokerage firm. Display stands not described as included/custom in the item description are for photography purposes only and will not be included with the item upon shipping. #167132
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About the lot N° 5
Title : Group Of 4 Egyptian Faience / Stone Amulets
Size : petite artifacts
Condition report : All pieces have minor nicks and abrasions commensurate with age, fading to glaze pigment to all but wadjet amulet, and softening to some finer details, otherwise intact and very good. Great preservation to overall forms.
Artemis Gallery, auctioneer, Louisville, US It's free to register now to view!
Sale title : Ancient & Ethnographic Art Through The Ages
Sale date : 02 Jun 2022 It's free to register now to view!
Sale Reference : Live Sale

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