Third Intermediate Period composite openwork jewellery spacer depicting the Falcon headed sun goddess Mut

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Third Intermediate Period composite openwork jewellery spacer depicting the Falcon headed sun goddess Mut

An openwork glazed composite spacer bead from a larger ornament. Depicting the Falcon headed sun goddess Mut wearing the “Pschent” double crown.
Stock Number:
y2728
$ 750.00

Description

An openwork glazed composite spacer bead from a larger ornament. Depicting the Falcon headed sun goddess Mut wearing the “Pschent” double crown.

From the Nikos Paschalis (1918 - 1948) Collection, inherited in 1965 by his sister, Assimina Paschalis, later by descent to Dr W. Galanos of Melbourne, Australia.

Mr Paschalis was the grandson of George Paschalis, the founder of the Paschalion Archaeophylakeion Museum in Samos, Greece in 1912  

Origin:

Third Intermediate Period, Circa 1069 to 656 B.C., Egypt

Dimensions:

5.9 x 5 cm

Condition:

Surface wear to the glaze, in good condition. Presented on a perspex display mount.

Reference:

For a similar example see: "Catalogue of Egyptian Art" - The Cleveland Museum of Art, L.M. Berman, pg: 293 image: 225