EGYPTIAN FAIENCE ANUBIS AMULET. Third Intermediate Period, C…

Lot no. 647

Estimate: £300 - £600

Sale date : 11/30/2025 at 2:00 PM

Description

EGYPTIAN FAIENCE ANUBIS AMULET. Third Intermediate Period, Ca. 1069 - 664 BC. A faience amulet of Anubis standing on a small rectangular base. The jackal-headed god has an elongated muzzle and upright ears, wears a pleated kilt, and stands with the left leg advanced. The arms hang straight with the hands against the thighs. A back pillar rises the full height of the figure and is pierced for suspension approximately at mid-height. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 04.2.151. Size: 39mm x 14mm; Weight: 5g Provenance: Property of a London gallery; previously in a collection of a North London gentleman; formerly in a collection of Mrs B. Ellison, a deceased former member of the Egyptian Exploration Fund, bought from the 1940s, Cairo and London.

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