Egyptian Faience Amulet Collection

拍品描述

Late Period-Ptolemaic Period, 664-30 B.C. Including a crouching baboon, a baboon standing in an adoring pose, two Pataikos, a hare, and other types. Cf. Petrie, W.M.F., Amulets. Illustrated by the Egyptian Collection in University College, London, 1914, pl. XXXI, no. 176 l, for a similar Pataikos amulet; Reisner, G.A., Catalogue général des antiquités égyptiennes du Musée du Caire, Nos.12528-13595, Vol. II, Amulets, Cairo, 1958, pl. XVII (no. 13181), for the standing baboon type; Tinius, I., Altägypten in Braunschweig. Die Sammlungen des Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museums und des Städtischen Museums, Wiesbaden, 2011, p. 157, no. 295, for a less detailed hare amulet. 22.97 grams total, 17-41 mm (5/8 - 1 5/8 in.). [8] From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. TimeLine Auctions follows a rigorous vetting process to ensure the authenticity and legality of all items, reinforcing our commitment to integrity and responsible trading. Each antiquity, antique, and coin lot undergoes thorough examination by a vetting committee of at least ten external specialists, professional trade association members, scientists, and archaeologists. See our website for more information.

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