Bidspirit auction | GROUP OF EGYPTIAN FAIENCE AMULETS

GROUP OF EGYPTIAN FAIENCE AMULETS - Third Intermediate Period- Late Period, Ca. 1069 - 332 BCA group of 3 mould-formed faience amulets covered in lustrous layers of glaze. First is a wadjet eye amulet in green faience for protection. Secondly, is a pale green Sekhmet standing atop an integral plinth, and with a perforated suspension loop emanating from its back. Third is a turquoise faience amulet of Thoth with long pillar. For similar see: Amulets, of Ancient Egypt, Carol Andrews, Published by British Museum Press.Size: 26-55mm x 32-9mm; Weight: 17gProvenance: 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.