Lot no. 243
COLLECTION OF EGYPTIAN FAIENCE AND STONE WADJET AMULETS.
New Kingdom to Late Period, Ca. 1550 - 332 BC
A collection of eight faience and stone wadjet amulets, including, from left to right: a large faience amulet with the eye detailed in added black glaze; a turquoise faience plaque with a flat profile and raised eye; a speckled red stone plaque cut to the wadjet outline; a small green-blue faience plaque of similar form; a dark blue stone wadjet with a plain outline; a bright blue faience openwork example; a pale blue faience amulet with lightly modelled detail; and a cream stone plaque.
Size: 13-26mm x 12-19mm; Weight: 11.6g.
Provenance: Private London collection; acquired in Germany; formerly with Kurt Deppert collection, Munich, 1970s.
For similar see: C. Andrews, Amulets of Ancient Egypt from the British Museum, fig. 13.
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