À propos du lot
n° 96
Titre : Seven Egyptian glazed faience amulets 7
Provenance : Provenance:
Property of a private collector, Edinburgh (1938-2021).
The lion amulet acquired from Eternal Egypt, London, 14 May 1994.
Naucratic amulet: acquired from Bernard C. Pickard, Dorset, March 1994.
Monkey amulet: acquired from John Cummings Ltd, Grantham Lincolnshire, December 1996, list no.A20.
Published:
Eternal Egypt, Catalogue
'Rameses' - Egyptian Antiquities, April 1994, no.38.
For a similar lion amulet from the Leo Mildenberg collection, see A. Kozloff (ed.),
Animals in Ancient Art, Cleveland, 1981, p.65, no.52. This genre of amulet was likely apotropaic or protective in function. Carol Andrews suggests that these larger lion amulets may be related to a spell against snakes preserved on a Late Period papyrus: it requires the words be recited 'over a lion of glazed composition threaded to red linen' (
Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London, 1994, p.64-5).Bonhams, Salle de vente
, London, UK
🔓Accès libre sans carte bancaire.
Titre de la vente : Antiquities
Date de la vente : 07/07/2022
🔓Accès libre sans carte bancaire.
Référence de l'enchère
: Live Sale
