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FROG-SHAPED FAIENCE AMULET
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FROG-SHAPED FAIENCE AMULET
See original version (French)
Estimate €800 - €1,000
Voluntary lot
Description
FROG-SHAPED FAIENCE AMULET
Egyptian art, Late Period or Ptolemaic Period, 664–30 BC.
Amulet depicting the goddess Heqet in her frog form, resting on a rectangular base.
Cracks.
Dimensions: 3.2 x 2.5 cm
Provenance: Pierre Bergé & Associés, Paris, 26 May 2011: lot 117 (ill.)
Christian Levett Collection, Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins, acquired in 2011
Exhibitions: Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, June 2011–August 2023 (Inv. No. MMoCA740)
Bibliography: Pierre Bergé & Associés, Archaeology, Paris, 26 May 2011, lot 117
C. Dauphin, Animals in the Ancient World. The Levett Bestiary, Levett Collection Series 2, France, 2014, pp. 36 and 86
C. Dauphin, Animals in the Ancient World. The Levett Bestiary, Levett Collection Series 2, France, 2016, p. 31, fig. 26 and p. 76
An Egyptian faience frog amulet representing the goddess Heqet,
Late to Ptolemaic Period, 664–30 BC.
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