245 EGYPTIAN MIDDLE KINGDOM PALE TURQUOISE FAIENCE HIPPOPOTAMUS, details in black including lotus at rear. Very rare, especially in this small size. XIth-XIIth Dynasty, ca. 2040-1790 BC L. 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm.) Ex French collection; J.M.E. collection, acquired in Paris, in April 2005. 246 EGYPTIAN SMALL TURQUOISE FAIENCE AMULET OF A SPOTTED CAT WITH TWO KITTENS seated between their mother’s forepaws. Late Period, 525-332 BC. H. 1 in. (2.5 cm.) Ex J.M.E. collection, New York, acquired from C. Ede, London, in July 1988. Cf. G. A. Reisner, Cairo Museum, pl. XXII, no. 12625: similar in the MMA, accession number: 15.43.25
247 EGYPTIAN TURQUOISE FAIENCE WINGED SCARAB in three sections with finely striated body and legs, and extended wings. Ptolemaic Period, ca. 3rd-1st Century BC. W. 5 in. (12.6 cm.) Ex old European collection.; ex J.M.E. collection, New York, acquired at Christie’s, London, September 2000.
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