235 EGYPTIAN LARGE TURQUOISE FAIENCE PLAQUE OF NURSING SEKHMET-MUT Seated lion-headed goddess suckling standing lionheaded child. Reticulated. Very rare and complete. XXVIth Dynasty, 664-525 BC. H. 3 7/8 in. (9.8 cm.) Ex John Kluge collection, acquired from Royal-Athena in the early 1980s, reacquired 1988; ex J.M.E. collection, New York. 236 EGYPTIAN TURQUOISE FAIENCE AMULET OF THOUERIS, standing, wearing a horned solar disk and holding a large ‘sa’ amulet in front of her. Late Period, 715-30 BC. H. 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm.) Ex J.M.E. collection, New York, acquired in Brussels, in June 2004. 237 EGYPTIAN TURQUOISE FAIENCE AMULET OF IUSAAS, THE PRIMAL GODDESS striding, wearing crown with multiple uraei and scarab on top. Late Period, 712-30 BC. H. 2 1/2 in. (5.7 cm.) Very rare, possibly unique type. Ex Canadian collection; J.M.E. collection, New York, acquired from J. Ede, London, in December 1996. 238 EGYPTIAN DARK TURQUOISE FAIENCE AMULET: MAYHES, the lion-headed god, depicted striding with his left leg forward, wearing the shendyt kilt and tripartite wig, the hands clasped under the chin, a suspension loop behind the head. Scarce. Third Intermediate Period, ca. 1069-792 BC. H. 2 1/8 in (5.4 cm) Ex J.M.E. collection, acquired at Bonham’s, London, in October 2007. 232 EGYPTIAN BLUE FAIENCE AMULET OF NEFERTUM, god of unguents and perfumes, striding with arms at sides and wearing lotus crown topped by two incised feathers. Choice! Late Period, 715-30 BC. H. 2 3/4 in. (7 cm.) Ex collection of A. Indjoudjian, Paris, ca. 1910; J.M.E. collection, New York, acquired in Paris in September 1997. 233 EGYPTIAN LARGE TURQUOISE FAIENCE SEATED BASTET, the lion-headed goddess seated on a high-backed throne. Inscription on back in a brownish-black glaze: ‘Recitation by Bastet, Mistress of Bubastis: Eye of Re, Lord of all the gods’. An extremely fine example of what is probably a New Year’s gift. Ptolemaic Period, 305-30 BC. H. 5 3/4 in. (14.6 cm) Ex J.M.E. collection, acquired at Christie’s, London, July 1985. 234 EGYPTIAN DEEP TURQUOISE FAIENCE LIONHEADED THOUERIS, Thoueris with a lion head is very rare. Lacking lower part of body and part of ‘Sa’ sign. Ptolemaic Period, 305-30 BC. H. 3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm.) Ex J.M.E. collection, New York, acquired in Brussels in April 1983.
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