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Lot 31

Eight Egyptian faience objects
together with an Egyptian glazed steatite Bes plaque,
9

7 December 2021, 12:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

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Eight Egyptian faience objects
Late Period-Ptolemaic Period, circa 664-30 B.C.
Comprising a turquoise faience African head plaque, with a cross-hatch pattern on the flat back; two wedjat eye amulets; a Bes amulet; a larger double-sided Bes amulet; a couchant lion amulet, and a pilgrim flask with an Anubis in his jackal form on one side and a rosette on the other; and a small faience shabti; African head 2.4cm high, the others ranging between 1.2-5.7cm high; together with an Egyptian glazed steatite Bes plaque,
4.2cm high (9)

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Provenance:
Private collection, UK, formed from the 1970s onwards.

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