AN EGYPTIAN BRIGHT BLUE FAIENCE KOHL TUBE AND GROUP OF AMULETS
AN EGYPTIAN BRIGHT BLUE FAIENCE KOHL TUBE AND GROUP OF AMULETS

NEW KINGDOM-PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 1550-30 B.C.

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AN EGYPTIAN BRIGHT BLUE FAIENCE KOHL TUBE AND GROUP OF AMULETS
NEW KINGDOM-PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 1550-30 B.C.
The cosmetic container of simple tubular form with petal decoration at top and lower edges in darker glaze, circa 1550-1079 B.C.; and a group of amulets including four painted terracotta Sons of Horus, a green faience Anubis, Thoth, Sekhmet with inscribed back-pillar, Taweret, Isis and Horus, a recumbent hare, a striding male figure, a scarab, and a green steatite crocodile, all circa 664-30 B.C.
Kohl tube: 5 ¼ in. (13.5 cm.) long
Amulets: 3 in. (7.5 cm.) high max.
Provenance
By repute given by Lord Carnarvon (1866-1923) to Major Clive Behrens (1871-1935), and by descent in the Behrens family.
Sale room notice
Please note that the quantity in the printed catalogue is incorrect and should read 18.

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