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Lot 240

An Egyptian glazed composition amulet of Khnum

3 July 2019, 10:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

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An Egyptian glazed composition amulet of Khnum
Late Period, circa 664-525 B.C.
The original green material misfired to reddish-brown, the ram-headed god with large curling horns, wearing a tripartite wig and shendyt kilt, striding forth with the left leg, set against a back pillar pierced for suspension and on an integral base, 3.8cm high

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Provenance:
Private collection, France.
with Koutoulakis, Paris, acquired prior to 1960.
Anonymous sale; Tajan, Paris, 26 February 1996, lot 253.
Private collection, Europe, acquired at the above sale.

Published:
C.A.R. Andrews and J. van Dijk (ed.), Objects for Eternity: Egyptian Antiquities from the W. Arnold Meijer Collection, Mainz, 2006, p. 229, no. 3.39.

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