Royal-Athena Galleries, Art of the Ancient World 2016 - Vol. XXVII

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208 EGYPTIAN GREEN FAIENCE AMULET OF PATAIKOS standing on the snouts of two crocodiles, holding snakes, the head commanded by a scarab. On the back a winged goddess wearing a solar disc, and on the sides stand the goddesses Isis and Nephthys. Late Dynastic Period, ca. 525-343 BC. H. 2 in. (5.1 cm.) Ex D.R. collection, Woodinville, Washington, acquired in 1994 from Royal-Athena. Cf. C. Andrews, Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London, 1994, p. 38. 209 EGYPTIAN TURQUOISE FAIENCE AMULET OF NURSING SEKHMET-MUT, the lion-headed goddess, reticulated, wearing the Double Crown, seated upon a throne; a child pharaoh or prince, stands beside her throne. XXIth-XXXth Dynasty, 664-343 BC. H. 2 5/8 in. 6.1 cm.) Ex J.M.E. collection, New York, acquired at the Drouot, Paris, September 1998. 210 EGYPTIAN TURQUOISE FAIENCE AMULET: CAT WITH FOUR KITTENS, covered with cobalt blue spots. Ptolemaic Period, 305-30 BC. H. 1 13/16 in. (4.6 cm.) Ex J.M.E. collection, New York.

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