EGYPTIAN FAIENCE AMULET OF ANUBIS

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Late Period to Ptolemaic Period, Ca. 664 - 30 BC. A faience amulet of Anubis, modelled as a standing anthropomorphic figure with jackal head, the ears rising above a wig falling to the shoulders. The torso nude, the arms held against the sides, and the lower body dressed in a pleated kilt, the feet set on a rectangular base. A dorsal pillar at the back, pierced laterally for suspension. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 04.2.151. Size: 31mm x 12mm; Weight: 2.5g Provenance: Private UK collection; formerly with H. Smeets collection, Netherlands, late 1980s.

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