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Lot 337

An Egyptian turquoise and black faience seated Bastet

6 July 2023, 11:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

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An Egyptian turquoise and black faience seated Bastet
Third Intermediate Period, circa 1069-664 B.C.
5.1cm high

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Provenance:
with J. J. Klejman, New York, 1966.
Property Sold for the Benefit of the Mozes S. Schupf Foundation, Inc.: Sotheby's, New York, 8 June 1994, lot 316 (part lot).
Private collection, London, acquired at the above sale.

See C. Andrews, Amulets of Ancient Egypt, British Museum, London, 1994, p.33-4, no. 30a for the type, which shows the goddess holding a sistrum on her knee and seated on an elaborate openwork throne decorated with the snake god Nehebkau.

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