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Description : Egypt, Ptolemaic period to early Coptic culture, ca. late 4th century BCE to 3rd century CE. A beautiful pendant carved from blue and white lapis lazuli depicting the head of a canid, perhaps a jackal. The petite pendant features a dramatically tapered snout with an incised mouth and nose, almond-shaped eyes with elongated canthi, backswept teardrop-shaped ears with incised striations suggestive of fur tufts, and a narrow headpiece resembling a lotus-topped column. Behind the central columnar element is a biconically drilled suspension hole. The azure and cream hues of the lapis are subtly accentuated with natural, golden yellow inclusions that glint in the light. Size: 0.875 L x 0.55 W (2.2 cm x 1.4 cm) According to scholar Dorothea Arnold, The classification of wild canids - for instance the Egyptian jackal, Canis lupaster, and the wild dog - living at the margins of the Egyptian desert causes problems even for zoologists. It is not surprising, therefore, that the ancient Egyptians did not distinguish particular canid species in their representations of gods, such as the necropolis god Anubis, Duamutef, one of the four sons of Horus, or Wepwawet, the god of Asyut, a town in Middle Egypt. (Arnold, Dorothea. An Egyptian Bestiary. The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, Spring 1995, Vol. LII, p. 15) Provenance: ex-Phoenicia Holyland Antiquities, New York, New York, USA, acquired on June 14, 2003 from Tepper Galleries, Inc., New York, New York, USA 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. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids. We ship worldwide and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience. #157271
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