PAIR OF EGYPTIAN FAIENCE AMULETS OF PATAIKOS

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Late Period to Ptolemaic Period, Ca. 664 - 30 BC. A pair of faience figures of Pataikos, each modelled as a squatting dwarf wearing a broad headdress, the arms bent with hands resting on the thighs, on an integral base. One carved as a double-sided figure with mirrored modelling to the reverse. Both are pierced for suspension behind the head. For similar see: C. Andrews, Amulets in Ancient Egypt, p. 1 - 30. Size: 34-38mm x 16-17mm; Weight: 13g Provenance: Private UK collection; formerly with H. Smeets collection, Netherlands, late 1980s.

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