Bidspirit auction | EGYPTIAN FAIENCE AMULET PENDANT

EGYPTIAN FAIENCE AMULET PENDANT - Late to Ptolemaic Period, Ca. 664 - 30 BC.An Egyptian faience amulet. Funerary amulets were frequently crafted in the likeness of deities and associated with safeguarding of mummified remains. For similar see MET Museum Accession Number: 04.2.151.Size: 28mm x 16mm; Weight: 6gProvenance: Property of a London gallery; previously in a collection of a North London gentleman; formerly in a collection of Mrs B. Ellison, a deceased former member of the Egyptian Exploration Fund, bought from the 1940s, Cairo and London.