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The Resandro Collection of Ancient Art (Lots 14-49)
Lot 33*

Eight small Egyptian animal amulets
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22 November – 9 December 2024, 12:00 GMT
Online, London, New Bond Street

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Eight small Egyptian animal amulets

Late Period-Roman Period, circa 664 B.C.-100 A.D.
Comprising a pale green faience amulet of a cat, 2.2cm high; a feldspar reclining lion, 2cm wide; a turquoise faience amulet of a pair of cats, 1.8cm high; a turquoise faience amulet of a frog, 1cm high; a turquoise faience flat-backed pendant of Taweret, 2cm high; a blue glazed steatite plaque with a serpent, 2.1cm wide; a turquoise and yellow faience amulet of a seated dog, 1.5cm high; and a green stone duck amulet, 1cm wide (8)

Footnotes

Provenance:
Resandro collection, Europe, primarily formed late 1960s-1997 (R-578 (HA 41), R-617 (HA 100), R-580 (HA 68), R-628 (HA 145), R-551 (HA 72), R-608 (HA 168), R-742 (HA 125), R-752 (HA 143)).

Published:
I. Grimm-Stadelmann (ed.), Aesthetic Glimpses, Masterpieces of Ancient Egyptian Art, The Resandro Collection, Munich, 2012.

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