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Lot 178

An Egyptian glazed composition amulet of Nehebkau

28 November 2019, 10:30 GMT
London, New Bond Street

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An Egyptian glazed composition amulet of Nehebkau
Third Intermediate Period, circa 1069-664 B.C.
The snake-headed deity depicted with his hands held under his chin, the end of his snake form acting as a tail on which his human body sits, suspension loop at the back, 4.4cm high

Footnotes

Provenance:
Lodewick collection, Belgium, formed in the 1960s-1970s.
Dr Jan Beekmans (1927-2008) collection, Borken, Germany.
with Anubis Ancient Art, Rotterdam.
Private collection, Europe, acquired from the above February 2003.

Published:
C.A.R. Andrews and J. van Dijk (ed.), Objects for Eternity: Egyptian Antiquities from the W. Arnold Meijer Collection, Mainz, 2006, p. 225, no. 3.33b.

For similar, see C.A.R. Andrews, Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London, 1994, p. 25, pl. 22.

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