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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