Bidspirit auction | EGYPTIAN CARNELIAN FLY AMULET

EGYPTIAN CARNELIAN FLY AMULET - New Kingdom, Ca. 1550 - 1069 BCAn Egyptian carnelian fly amulet with spread wings and a long ribbed body. The ancient Egyptians, seemed to have held flies in high esteem, presumably because of this insect’s powers of fast reaction and indomitable, insistent presence. For similar see: MET Museum Accession Number: 26.7.1285.Size: 20mm x 13mm; Weight: 1.8gProvenance: 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.