EGYPTIAN BLUE FAIENCE AMULET OF SEKHMET HOLDING HOOP SHAPED SISTRUM New Kingdom, Ca. 1550 - 1069 BC A beautiful Egyptian bright blue faience amulet with black details depicting Sekhmet with a long lion face. The figure is holding a hoop-shaped sistrum and is sitting on a decorated openwork throne adorned with hieroglyphics. A folded cloth is shown covering her legs to the ankles. Behind the head of the figure is a round hoop. For similar see: Amulets of Ancient Egypt, fig. 30b. Size: L:95mm / W:57 (with stand)mm ; 22 (54g with stand)g Provenance: Private UK collection, acquired on the US art market, Ex. Private collection, Pennsylvania, USA; formerly in a European Private Collection, acquired in Brussels, in the early 1970s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter. It also comes with an Art Loss Register Report: S00098626.