EGYPTIAN FAIENCE TAWERET AMULET IN GILDED SILVER PENDANT SETTING Ca. 30 BC - AD 200. A blue faience amulet of the goddess Taweret, depicted standing frontally with both hands resting along the sides of the pregnant belly and legs merged into a single pillar-like form. The facial features are rounded, with a short protruding snout and small ears. The amulet is set in a modern 18k gilded silver pendant, with a matching chain included. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 74.51.4486. Size: 42mm x 14mm; Weight: 8g Private UK collection; London art market; formerly in a 1970s Swiss collection.