GROUP OF EGYPTIAN FAIENCE AND STONE AMULETS

New Kingdom - Late Period, Ca. 1550 - 332 BC An Egyptian group of 5 mould-formed faience amulets covered in lustrous layers of glaze. The amulets are made in different colours and have different details because of the different production periods. The subjects are the goddess Hathor, a heart, a stylised Bes and a Wadjet. For similar see: Amulets, of Ancient Egypt, Carol Andrews, Published by British Museum Press.
Size: 18.4-21.3mm x 5.4-20.3mm; Weight: 7g
Provenance: 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.

300
Estimate: GBP 450 - 900