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Description : LATE PERIOD TO PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 712-30 B.C. In the form of an elaborate broad collar surmounted by the head of Amen-Re as a ram, wearing a striated tripartite wig and a solar disk fronted by a uraeus that, in turn, wears horns and a disk, with two perforations near the base of the collar, the underside of the wig on the reverse open to the hollow interior 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm.) long
Price: 6 600.00 USD It's free to register now to view!
Estimate (low-high) : 7000 USD-9000 USD It's free to register now to view!

About the lot N° 39
Title : Egyptian Green Faience Aegis
Provenance : with Blumka Gallery, New York, 1975.
Literature : G.D. Scott, III, Exhibition catalogue, Temple, Tomb and Dwelling: Egyptian Antiquities from the Harer Family Trust Collection, San Bernardino, 1992, no. 33B, p. 61.
Notes : For a similar example in yellow jasper see no. 40b in Andrews, Amulets of Ancient Egypt.
Christie's, auctioneer, New York, US It's free to register now to view!
Sale title : Ancient Egyptian Art from the Harer Family Trust Collection
Sale date : 09 Dec 2005 It's free to register now to view!
Sale Reference : Live Sale

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