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LION AMULET IN EMAILED POTTERY
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LION AMULET IN EMAILED POTTERY
See original version (French)
Estimate €1,200 - €1,800
Voluntary lot
Description
LION AMULET IN EMAILED POTTERY
Egyptian art, Ptolemaic period, 332–30 BC.
Amulet depicting a standing lion figure, possibly the god Mahes, resting on a rectangular base, with a loop on its back.
Numbered ‘187’ beneath the base. Minor losses.
Length: 6.5 cm
Provenance: Former collection of Wilhelm Horn (1870–1959); acquired from Müller, 1936
Christie’s, London, 18 October 2005: lot 88 (ill.)
Private collection, Paris
An Egyptian faience amulet of a lion,
Ptolemaic Period, 332–30 BC.
See original version (French)
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